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[–] Ptsf@lemmy.world 42 points 3 months ago (14 children)

Divine right of kings lasted for a long long long time, and caused the deaths of untold millions

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world -3 points 3 months ago (7 children)

Millions of deaths compared to what alternative? The difficulty with attributing causes in history is that we have no ability to conduct controlled experiments.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago (5 children)

"Listen, the Crusades seemed bad, sure. And the Mongolian hordes did kill a lot of people. And maybe the globe spanning feudal industrialization of Victorian Era England leading headlong into a pair of World Wars decimated whole continents. But hear me out. Maybe coulda been worse?"

[–] jorp@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Unfortunately there is no double blind studied alternative to capitalism that demonstrates without a doubt that it's statistically significantly better than capitalism as a system so I'm sorry to tell you that your children deserve to die because you're too poor, hope that helps

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Unfortunately there is no double blind studied alternative to capitalism

I'll never understand why people believe clinical trials for pharmaceutical efficiency are the baseline for all forms of scientific inquiry and sociological research.

How on earth do we study astronomy, paleontology, or seismology without double-blind trials?

[–] jorp@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

We just have to let the capitalist experiment play out. When this world is destroyed whatever humans remain if any will start the next trial. Trust me, capitalism still has a fighting chance.

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