Today, 4 billion people live on less than $10 a day. How many billions around the globe suffer and die unnecessarily in capitalist countries? Why are the deaths of communism seen as a failure of the system as a whole whereas the exploitation of the land, labor, and resources of billions is seen as merely a problem with regulation? Capitalism has shown that it does not respect the environment, human rights, or even human life.
Yes, there were abuses and missteps in communist countries. But we have to place this history within the context of an economic system that was resisted by the U.S. because it threatened profits. The diplomatic isolation, trade embargos, and political assassinations that socialist countries attempted to withstand necessitated a strong centralized government. Of course, this provides fertile ground for corruption and abuse, but the goal of communism is to eradicate the state entirely! Whereas the goal of capitalism is a never-ending increase of profit at the expense of everything else.
Today, 4 billion people live on less than $10 a day.
Yeah, I lived in Ukraine. You should also mention that $10 could buy you different stuff in different regions of this planet.
How many billions around the globe suffer and die unnecessarily in capitalist countries?
There is no intent to let people suffer and die. There are all the liberties for every human in capitalist country to do anything they want to in order to live a happy wealthy live. Not everyone end up being successful.
It should never be equated to state-driven genocide.
the goal of communism is to eradicate the state entirely
Bullshit. This is just state-driven propaganda, a new religion that replaces an old one, which, as we know, is opium of the people.
Nobody gives up power willingly. Especially absolute power the authoritarian communist countries provide.
The intention is to make profit, human life be damned. It doesn’t matter whether the oligarchy intend for us to suffer when all the increases in productivity are being systematically siphoned to the top of this pyramid scheme we call an economy. It doesn’t matter if they intend for people to die when they can’t afford life-saving medical procedures. It doesn’t matter whether they intend for literal slavery to still exist, in 20-fucking-25, in service of profits. It doesn’t matter if they intend for civilians to die when we go to war to “protect” strategic resources or when we bomb the Vietnamese to “save” the people from communism or when we install a tyrannical pro-capitalist dictator in South America. The suffering and deaths under capitalism are incalculable, so this appeal to intention is less than convincing.
There are all the liberties for every human in capitalist country to do anything they want to in order to live a happy wealthy live.
This “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” rhetoric clearly doesn’t work for people in capitalist developing countries. Arguably doesn’t work for the poor in rich countries either.
Nobody gives up power willingly. Especially absolute power the authoritarian communist countries provide.
Socialism is not synonymous with authoritarianism. Strong central governments were necessary to resist the U.S… And these governments also lifted their people out of poverty: education, housing, healthcare, transportation, and jobs for all. Hell, the USSR went from literal feudalism to competing in the space race. You don’t have to agree with every historical example of communism to appreciate a system designed to work for everyone.
Today, 4 billion people live on less than $10 a day. How many billions around the globe suffer and die unnecessarily in capitalist countries? Why are the deaths of communism seen as a failure of the system as a whole whereas the exploitation of the land, labor, and resources of billions is seen as merely a problem with regulation? Capitalism has shown that it does not respect the environment, human rights, or even human life.
Yes, there were abuses and missteps in communist countries. But we have to place this history within the context of an economic system that was resisted by the U.S. because it threatened profits. The diplomatic isolation, trade embargos, and political assassinations that socialist countries attempted to withstand necessitated a strong centralized government. Of course, this provides fertile ground for corruption and abuse, but the goal of communism is to eradicate the state entirely! Whereas the goal of capitalism is a never-ending increase of profit at the expense of everything else.
Yeah, I lived in Ukraine. You should also mention that $10 could buy you different stuff in different regions of this planet.
There is no intent to let people suffer and die. There are all the liberties for every human in capitalist country to do anything they want to in order to live a happy wealthy live. Not everyone end up being successful.
It should never be equated to state-driven genocide.
Bullshit. This is just state-driven propaganda, a new religion that replaces an old one, which, as we know, is opium of the people.
Nobody gives up power willingly. Especially absolute power the authoritarian communist countries provide.
The intention is to make profit, human life be damned. It doesn’t matter whether the oligarchy intend for us to suffer when all the increases in productivity are being systematically siphoned to the top of this pyramid scheme we call an economy. It doesn’t matter if they intend for people to die when they can’t afford life-saving medical procedures. It doesn’t matter whether they intend for literal slavery to still exist, in 20-fucking-25, in service of profits. It doesn’t matter if they intend for civilians to die when we go to war to “protect” strategic resources or when we bomb the Vietnamese to “save” the people from communism or when we install a tyrannical pro-capitalist dictator in South America. The suffering and deaths under capitalism are incalculable, so this appeal to intention is less than convincing.
This “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” rhetoric clearly doesn’t work for people in capitalist developing countries. Arguably doesn’t work for the poor in rich countries either.
Socialism is not synonymous with authoritarianism. Strong central governments were necessary to resist the U.S… And these governments also lifted their people out of poverty: education, housing, healthcare, transportation, and jobs for all. Hell, the USSR went from literal feudalism to competing in the space race. You don’t have to agree with every historical example of communism to appreciate a system designed to work for everyone.