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[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

No, it isn't. The economy forms the Base, while politics forms the Superstructure. You cannot have one without the other, and they are tangled.

[–] mrcleanup@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Thanks for sharing that picture of two different things in your attempt to argue that they are one thing.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

They aren't the same, but are never found without each other.

[–] mrcleanup@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That... Is a completely different argument.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] mrcleanup@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

They aren't distinct systems, but the same one meshed.

And

They aren't the same, but are never found without each other.

Are not equal statements.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago

Meshed, as in together form an overall system, 2 aspects of it.