We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.

Ursula K. Le Guin

Capitalism has only existed for a few centuries. Humans have had economies for thousands of years. Wage labor isn’t a universal constant.

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