• eldavi@lemmy.ml
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    2 hours ago

    leftism is defined by opposition to the status quo. the french monarchy was capitalist as well as the status quo at the time; we still have monarchies and capitalism is unquestionably the status quo.

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      33 minutes ago

      leftism is defined by opposition to the status quo

      You’ve just introduced a whole other definition of leftism. Also it seems to mean that no leftist society could exist in practice.

      the french monarchy was capitalist

      From what I can figure out, it was still in principle feudal but moving towards capitalism due to the growth of the bourgeois class. Is that correct?