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[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Buying things isn't an invention of or reliant on capitalism. Buying things existed before capitalism, and it will continue after capitalism until we abolish the state. This is because money is an invention of the state and the state enforces it's use through violence.