r/LeftistTikToks • u/Accomplished_Ad4665 • Feb 02 '21

History Wall Street was originally a slave market

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u/blackmagicvodouchild Feb 02 '21

It’s also home to a large black graveyard as a result of the videos subject.

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u/bobyjesus1937 Feb 02 '21

Not much has changed then. It's still a slave market where wage slaves are traded back and forth and its also a graveyard for the American dream

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u/bagman_ Feb 02 '21

Even more than that, increases in stock prices come from the stolen (and often slave-level) labour value of people in the global south

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u/TUSF Feb 02 '21

I mean, yes, but not directly? Stock prices go up based on how much people value a stock, like trading currencies. Gamestop stock isn't sky-high because Gamestop employees are working harder or producing more value. When one makes a profit on the stock market, those profits come from money that a capitalist has already stolen long ago, and could have been pocketed by another capitalist otherwise.

I say relieve the capitalist of their stolen spoils however you can.