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Democracy is older than political liberalism and its accompanying capitalism.


> Democracy is older than political liberalism and its accompanying capitalism

The Athenians and Romans weren’t capitalist. But they were closer to it than Marxism or neoliberalism. (They both had private property, money in elections, trade, finance, et cetera.)


> The Athenians and Romans weren’t capitalist.

False premise.

> But they were closer to it than Marxism or neoliberalism. (They both had private property, money in elections, trade, finance, et cetera.)

Just false.




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