Ye the world was a peaceful place before capitalism, there were no wars, no slaves and no …

checks history books

Oh no

Oh no no no no

Scale. It’s about scale and centralization. Sure there were slaves but capitalism made more than ever in human history. Sure there were wars but capitalism made them bigger and further away from the rich nations committing them’s population.

It’s about scale. It’s like comparing a single thief to a crime syndicate of organized thieves and saying “well there has always been thieving”

Yes. But never with so much damage.