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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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[–] BovineUniversity@hexbear.net 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Do you happen to have a source on this? I remember reading it years ago but have never been able to track it down again since.

Always thought it was fascinating comparing India's constant issue of malnutrition to China who had one horrific famine and then basically solved the issue of hunger forver.