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Is Capitalism responsible for the majority of deaths in the last 100 years? (hexbear.net)
submitted 11 months ago by AOCapitulator@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net
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Let me be clear,

I mean non "natural" deaths, and am including stuff like the failure to counteract malaria due to lack of profit motive, etc etc etc.

Real question, is capitalism the deadliest human invention of all time?

this will probably come down to where you draw the line between capitalism and imperialism, but I'd argue they've been largely once unified force since at least the 1920s

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[–] andthenthreemore@startrek.website 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Probably.

But also, has it saved the most lives in the last 100 years?

Probably.

[–] mathemachristian@hexbear.net 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Anything you are basing this on?

[–] andthenthreemore@startrek.website 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Capitalism has simultaneously held back areas of medical research and pushed it in others.

Capitalism has caused huge wars, but from those wars there have been huge medical advances.

[–] mathemachristian@hexbear.net 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Is that a no?

[–] andthenthreemore@startrek.website 1 points 11 months ago (3 children)

No it's not a no.

[–] Tunnelvision@hexbear.net 8 points 11 months ago

Then give an example, because it just sounds like you’re meatriding. It’s really not hard to think that the system that denies people medical care at the point of service despite having the resources to help would have the highest body count. That’s not even touching the wars, which had the two worst wars in human history under its belt along with a slew of others.

If I attached your logic to communism (which I never even thought of doing until reading your comment) I could say that the world and all inhabitants on it was saved multiple times by the Soviets deciding to not launch their nuclear arsenal despite having every reason to believe the Americans had launched one at Moscow. Doesn’t make sense to give that big W out to communism as a whole and your point makes even less sense than that.

[–] mathemachristian@hexbear.net 4 points 11 months ago

Alright then.

[–] AOCapitulator@hexbear.net 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

No, most assuredly not. It's not even a question. What the fuck? Lmfao get the fuck out of here