Capitalism Kills. Market Socialism for example. And the numbers have been rising again since 2015. 1.6k members in the AnarchismZ community. Capitalism killed 1.6 billion people? 474 likes. Flair up so you don't look like a goober! If I post this analysis to r/capitalism it's probably going to get removed so the only people who are going to see this are probably already communist so, eh. But for the vast majority of the world, capitalism is a failure. 9 million people die of hunger each year, not to mention those who die form not having access to medical care. Gerval, Adam. The estimates go from 15 million to 30 million, and the approved number by the Chinese Government is 15 million, the Black Book of Communism cited the highest estimate due to their personal bias in an attempt to further their point. Scarcity is a product of capitalism. Itâs truer to say totalism kills through ideology â when freedom of thought, expression, moral action, primal emotion, becomes programmed, automated, conditioned, revoked. Some of the deaths caused by the Great Chinese Famine was caused by natural disasters, such as droughts and the Yellow River flooding which killed 2 million people. It is not profitable to export food to countries such as Ethiopia or Chad; because of this, not only do people starve, but some people are overnourished because of an oversupply in their area, causing 9.1 million people to starve to death or die of malnourishment each year (3.1 million of whom are children who conservatives seem to care so much about, but who cares how a child dies, as long as they aren't killed before being born, right?! I ask for productive debate, and if you have responded to this post in a debating subreddit I would suggest debate, rather then an argument. Under capitalism, the cure for hunger is completely simple and understood by every human being. Capitalism is a system in which the principle of one dollar, one vote, dominates that of one person, one vote. Only an actual revolution can bring about the fundamental change that is needed. And those corrupt assholes are called capitalists. Capitalism kills, inequality kills, the military kills. But I do agree that itâs hypocritical to say that communism killed millions as a reason why capitalism is better; capitalism has killed billions. Capitalism is the only reality that the ideological apparatus of the country will accept as a dialog. Now, as capitalism continues to kill us, the only real solution - however improbable - is to kill capitalism. Propaganda was one of the many ways the Soviet Union tried to control its citizens. Why do people refuse to accept change for the protection of traditions that kill people? Socialism on the other hand never killed anyone because it is just the leader’s fault. 13 million of these 43 million deaths are caused by reduced birth rates during the famine, which is not valid numbers or statistics. Capitalism has killed way more than communism. Okwo-Bele, Jean-Marie. Which means that some groups will be considered unprofitable and will be forced out of the market by high prices and thereby starve. Capitalism is all about making money-- and for this company, profits have been made at the expense of labor rights. The nature of capitalism is for gargantuan firms peruse profits at all cost, ignoring the long-term effects of their actions on the environment, community, and their fellow man. One of three potential solutions to prevent these deaths would be to distribute resources and relieve countries dealing with issues such as water scarcity or starvation without regard for profit, though this organization would require everyone to contribute because it would not be viable to distribute the food for free under capitalism as shown by this graph; without regulations, taxation or charitability from the community, the organization could not exist. Capitalism: Known True Evil 1.6 Billion Murdered Second Boer War 75,000 Japanese Massacre of Singapore 100,000 Burma-Siam Railroad Construction 116,000 Japanese Germ Warfare in China 200,000 Rebelling Shia Killed by Saddam 300,000 US Bombing of Yugoslavia 300,000 US Bombing Iraq Water Supply '91 500,000 US ⦠These deaths caused by starvation is a problem with distribution, rather than production; as we produce enough food to feed 10 billion people. Capitalism Kills. We have all the resources we need to fix all of these problems, but capitalists won't because its just not profitable. Thank you for quantifying this and providing sources. The founding of an international council, federation or government, More posts from the CapitalismVSocialism community, Continue browsing in r/CapitalismVSocialism. Among the 65% with a positive view of capitalism, many give reasons that contrast with criticisms of socialism. People such as myself have been around for a long time, YouTubers such as Viki 1999, Spooky Scary Socialist and more have addressed the deaths partially or wholly caused by the system in the past; so why do so many people remain unaware of the effects of unregulated capitalism? The site may not work properly if you don't, If you do not update your browser, we suggest you visit, Press J to jump to the feed. But, what can be done to reduce these egregious amounts of deaths? Does this mean capitalism caused that death as the guy with the gun was not stopped and, thus, freedom kills people? Capitalism doesn't merely accumulate the means of production, in this case: fertilizers and the chemical plants necessary to supply them, combines and tractors and the attendant support systems for those, agricultural finance to insure against crop failures, railroads and elevators to deliver crop to markets, etc. “Deaths from Dirty Water and Related Diseases.” The World Counts, https://www.theworldcounts.com/challenges/planet-earth/freshwater/deaths-from-dirty-water. Let's flip this ridiculous "100 million deaths" argument against capitalism. Paul Buchheit is an advocate for social and economic justice, and the author of numerous papers on economic inequality and cognitive science. Where is this supposedly “unregulated capitalism “? Economic growth is the aggregate effect of the quest to accumulate capital and extract profit. You may be asking yourself, how is unregulated capitalism at fault for this? The killing of sparrows in the four pests campaign, which caused an explosion in bug population, these bugs ate much of the crops, which is another contributing factor to the reduced crop production. I mean starvation is completely preventable now as we produce more then enough food to feed every person on the planet. The Yellow River flooded causing 2 million deaths and adversely affecting Chinese crop growth. “Together We Can Close the Immunization Gap.” World Health Organization, World Health Organization, 22 Apr. Paul Buchheit. Yes, but when an economic system is causing millions of preventable deaths there is a problem. Capitalism also includes a way to apportion the products - namely, to whoever can pay the most. “10 Facts on Obesity.” World Health Organization, https://www.who.int/features/factfiles/obesity/en/. World Health Organization, 6 Dec. 2019, https://www.who.int/en/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/immunization-coverage. Capitalism places the control over that food as a material commodity in the hands of increasingly fewer people. Data like this is kinda vague and doesnât take into account all possibilities. Helping people out isn't the nature of capitalism. Capitalism kills, but socialism heals. “People Who Died from Hunger.” The World Counts, https://www.theworldcounts.com/challenges/people-and-poverty/hunger-and-obesity/how-many-people-die-from-hunger-each-year. There's a difference between preventability and curability. People suffer and die painful deaths. Illusions of an abundance of resources as the Communist Party of China reported increased production, despite the production rate dropping significantly. Now, the context of your reply is in the present tense, so I believe you're referring to what you know about communist countries of today and what you have been taught. We could also implement more regulations of capitalism; while it would reduce the freedom of the market and push us closer towards socialism, we could stop these deaths while still maintaining a capitalistic system. DoD photo by Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Tim D. Godbee Advances in technology are continuous and inevitable. We can't keep letting capitalists pretend to have a higher moral ground without any accountability whatsoever. Cookies help us deliver our Services. https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/15-07-2019-world-hunger-is-still-not-going-down-after-three-years-and-obesity-is-still-growing-un-report. If you were to run a market, the optimal place to start the business would be in a populated district or area to have a bigger pool of customers, akin to how if you were to expand your company to other countries, it would be unlikely or not worth it to expand it to poor countries as it is not profitable. A place to debate or discuss capitalism and socialism. Belén Fernández. Then people become dehumanized â just as they ⦠It makes me wonder how they define capitalism. Overwork, wage cuts, nasty managers, and the lack of a clear future drive workers to kill themselves. The first is perpetual growth . I hope you enjoyed it. 2015, https://www.who.int/mediacentre/commentaries/vaccine-preventable-diseases/en/. “Safer Water, Better Health.” World Health Organization, World Health Organization, 2008, https://www.who.int/quantifying_ehimpacts/publications/saferwater/en/. Capitalism Kills. It should be obvious that choosing an international economic system that regards profit as its overall goal instead of a system that regards of the satisfaction of the needs of all as its overall goal will result in many people's needs going unsatisfied (and thus more excess deaths). We have many choices, but the three that seemed most apparent were an internationally funded relief organization, heavier regulations on the free market or establishment of a global democratic socialist government. https://www.who.int/mediacentre/commentaries/vaccine-preventable-diseases/en/, https://www.fao.org/resilience/resources/resources-detail/en/c/1187704/, https://www.mercycorps.org/blog/quick-facts-global-hunger, https://medium.com/@jeremyerdman/we-produce-enough-food-to-feed-10-billion-people-so-why-does-hunger-still-exist-8086d2657539, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/241746569_We_Already_Grow_Enough_Food_for_10_Billion_People_and_Still_Can't_End_Hunger, https://www.who.int/en/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/immunization-coverage, https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/the-secret-life-of-sparrows-410252.html, https://books.google.com.au/books?id=nadqrYU10eMC&redir_esc=y, https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/countries-with-the-most-natural-resources.html, https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/venezuelas-crisis-in-5-charts/2019/01/26/97af60a6-20c4-11e9-a759-2b8541bbbe20_story.html. I hope you enjoyed it, and I’ll see you some other time if I get off my ass and actually do more essays like this. Belén Fernández is the author of "Exile: Rejecting America and Finding the World" and "The Imperial Messenger: Thomas Friedman at Work." poverty), which is being really damn conservative because Japan engaged in brutal imperialism, we get a total of 205,000,000 killed directly or indirectly because of capitalism. So you're not saying capitalism killed those people, you're saying that it could save them. Nah couldn't be communism has killed 700 trillion people and capitalism save 700 trillion from poverty duh. 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Some of the causes of the Great Chinese Famine are: Extreme changes in agricultural methods, such as deep ploughing which caused reduced crop production and it was a mistake made by experts rather than socialist and Maoist theory. These are not the fault of socialism. End Economic Inequality, Grow the Middle Class, Heal the Nation (Berrett-Koehler, 2017): âFor the past four decades, capitalism has been slowly committing suicide.â “Countries With the Most Natural Resources.” WorldAtlas, WorldAtlas, 29 Aug. 2018, https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/countries-with-the-most-natural-resources.html. In a world dominated by capitalism, the idea that capitalism kills may seem alien and outlandish, especially considering how widely accepted the system is; the only reason for this global acceptance is the deceptions, denial and deceit fed to the public by capitalist corporations and governments to maintain the widespread denial and blissful ignorance of the fatalities and deprivation caused by the ⦠So many of the world's problems are caused by capitalists over-exploiting resources and hoarding wealth. Migiro, Geoffrey. Ignoring other big wars due to capitalism and only focusing on US action and only including one year for things that are systemic (ie. “Hunger and Food Insecurity.” Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, https://www.fao.org/hunger/en/. For instance, if someone starved because they donât have enough money, this is the fault of capitalism, but if someone starved because they werenât able to harvest enough food, this is probably the fault of nature. Droughts occurred also reducing crop growth. That same day, I read the first sentence in Peter Georgescu new book, Capitalists Arise! EDIT: And here's a fantastic video on the subject from Viki 1999 https://youtu.be/wflMmNTXqKk, But what if I redefine the poverty line to be half a cent a day and instantaneously lift 50,000,000 people out of poverty, checkmate socialists ð. Feel free to check them out. Mercy Corps, 8 May. There are economic systems that desire to keep that telescoping and ever increasing technology and accumulation of capital (as in combined and stuff like that) while also serving the needs of the people all around the world regardless of profit. Right, so Cuba isn't socialist. This does not mention deaths caused by deprivation from sanctions, for example how the USA is trying to quarantine Venezuela. Foxconn has had twelve worker suicides this year, and they've installed safety nets--yes nets--on their buildings to catch those workers who just can't take it anymore. Medium, 2 Feb. 2018, https://medium.com/@jeremyerdman/we-produce-enough-food-to-feed-10-billion-people-so-why-does-hunger-still-exist-8086d2657539, “We Already Grow Enough Food for 10 Billion People … and Still Can’t End Hunger”. U.S. shouldn't those be included in preventable disease too? Kill Capitalism, Kill the Media By Trevor Thomas The economic destruction of our government-imposed, nationwide (for the most part) shutdown has been unprecedented, widely felt, and well documented. Once again, I fail to see how the writings of Karl Marx have been the cause of the many deaths caused by Russian, Ukrainian and Chinese famines. Why don’t people know of the loss and suffering unregulated capitalism is causing? Hmmm where are you sourcing your evidence of brain drain? 2020, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/241746569_We_Already_Grow_Enough_Food_for_10_Billion_People_and_Still_Can't_End_Hunger, “Immunization coverage”. But capitalism caused the production of that food. This, combined with restrictions and sanctions from the USA has caused the crisis in Venezuela. There are many videos claiming that communism killed millions and just as many claiming that capitalism killed more people than that. starvation in the modern day is completely preventable but not profitable for the wealthy. Everything will kill you get over it or you won't live. April 7, 2020 April 7, 2020 Greg Godels capitalism, ... preferring to blame todayâs miseries upon âneo-liberal capitalism,â âdisaster capitalism,â âcrony capitalism,â or a hundred other flavors of capitalism that, if we were just able to purify them, everything would be good again. Socialist countries have harboured deaths, but in what way are they directly caused by the writings of Karl Marx? It is undeniable that society has deregulated barriers against capitalist expansion under neoliberalism. Nevertheless, hunger and hunger-related diseases killed 9 million people in 2019, more than from AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined. To keep capitalism running the people must maintain unawareness of the adverse effects caused in our civilization by free marketeers and what businesses often do for mere profit. The fact that everything kills is not an excuse against progress. Why is this going unnoticed? INDEPENDENT, 2 Aug. 2006, https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/the-secret-life-of-sparrows-410252.html, Tombstone: the Great Chinese Famine, 1958-1962, by Jisheng Yang et al., Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013, p. 126.https://books.google.com.au/books?id=nadqrYU10eMC&redir_esc=y, Tombstone: the Great Chinese Famine, 1958-1962, by Jisheng Yang et al., Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013, p. 240.https://books.google.com.au/books?id=nadqrYU10eMC&redir_esc=y. Opposed to making unproductive arguments, consider bringing evidence, points and civility to the table rather than sarcastic, uninformative, baseless critiques. A large number of workers, poor people, and especially youth are fed up with the conditions of the system. Hunger is cured by providing food to the hungry. Yes. So this is that bullshit "everything should be a perfect utopia and any deaths at all are attributed to capitalism" argument... Not convinced. When capitalism kills culture Defense Secretary Ash Carter, center, tours Amazon's headquarters in Seattle, March 3, 2016. Credit to Viki 1999 for the inspiration to make this essay, it’s not really much different to her video besides me trying my hardest to avoid bias and make more points and include more evidence and reasoning. Classic socialist tactics, redefining words and double standards. It then took hold in countries with backward economies or which were recovering from war. Join our discord server: https://discord.gg/6gssKA3pRv, Looks like you're using new Reddit on an old browser. I think the difference is that we can't cure completely cure malaria, but we can completely prevent it. I'm pretty sure that it's 9.5 million people that die from starvation annually. The place for anarchist theory, practice, & memes for millennials & zoomers. They could fix the issues that kill 20 million a year but they won't because most of these deaths come from the third world, a place where poverty and corruption are high, making the labor pool plentiful and the workers expendable to capitalists. In a world dominated by capitalism, the idea that capitalism kills may seem alien and outlandish, especially considering how widely accepted the system is; the only reason for this global acceptance is the deceptions, denial and deceit fed to the public by capitalist corporations and governments to maintain the widespread denial and blissful ignorance of the fatalities and deprivation caused by the most used economic system of today. 172K likes. I guess China and Russia aren't really either. Yeah I probably “killed“ many people for each $1k in my account. Advances in technology are continuous and inevitable. By using our Services or clicking I agree, you agree to our use of cookies. Most of the world, for example, the USA, Russia, Australia, South Korea, Japan. Off topic but do you watch J Kenji Lopez-Alt. “The facts: What you need to know about global hunger”. The company has even increased wages. “World Hunger Is Still Not Going down after Three Years and Obesity Is Still Growing – UN Report.” World Health Organization, 15 July. The next four years may be the deadliest era for America and the world. And yes, socialism could fix this. 2019, https://www.fao.org/resilience/resources/resources-detail/en/c/1187704/. The crisis of capitalism that is rocking the US and Western spheres of influence has led to political instability in the centers of empire. The true mass murdering evil of capitalism exposed: 1.6 billion Killed United States Imperialism: Hurricane Katrina (deliberate faulty construction) 1,836 NATO Intervention in Libya 2011 15,000 Tamils killed by US backed Sri Lankan Gov. This caused the invisibility of a problem. Lake, Rebecca. Through skewed teachings and censorship, the millions of deaths have been hidden from the eyes of the public and you. The site may not work properly if you don't, If you do not update your browser, we suggest you visit, Press J to jump to the feed. The place for anarchist theory, practice, & memes for millennials & zoomers ⦠The transatlantic slave trade alone killed over 100 million people. Looks like you're using new Reddit on an old browser. Socialism kills incentives for people to innovate and climb the ladder of success.â ... âCapitalismâ viewed positively by about two-thirds of Americans. I mean theyâre only really killed by capitalism if this is due to inefficient distribution of resources. Anyway, let's take the example of Venezuela; Venezuela's economy prior to its collapse was mostly from oil, and when oil prices dropped, their economy inevitably dropped. Remember to read the rules. Stalin committed war crimes. Being hungry means more to people then missing dinner because you didn’t finish your chores; people die, families get destroyed emotionally and financially. https://www.fao.org/state-of-food-security-nutrition/2018/en/. I provided sources and numbers for my claims. Hunger should be taken more seriously than a few people who missed a meal, it is a global crisis wreaking havoc over the world and her people. Communist propaganda in the Soviet Union was based on the MarxistâLeninist ideology to promote the Communist Party line. Capitalism killed millions, too. 30,000 US Revolutionary War 35,700 (If Russa removes a Monarch its bad right?) Capitalism Kills! 265 votes, 37 comments. Journal of Sustainable Agriculture, Jul. In this same way, it is not profitable to relieve or distribute food to those who are starving and incapable of purchasing the products, making the deaths caused by starvation due to poverty the fault of unregulated capitalism. Many of the people who did starve and die in socialist countries are figures from manipulated statistics and they have no evidence as to how they are caused by socialist theory rather than authoritarian leadership or outside factors. Never did I claim that all deaths are attributed to capitalism; my point in this essay was to shine a light on deaths preventable by fairer means of distribution. why are malaria deaths included? ), 2.8 million to die of obesity, 1.5 million deaths from preventable diseases, 3.575 million deaths from dirty water, for a grand total of approximately 16.975 million deaths due to unregulated capitalism annually. Alternatively, we could abolish borders and establish a global, united socialist government or federation, though this would need to have a very rigorous and strict democracy to ensure the prevention of corruption and incompetent council members or leaders. "The secret life of sparrows". “2018 World Hunger and Poverty Facts and Statistics.” World Hunger News, 2018, https://www.worldhunger.org/world-hunger-and-poverty-facts-and-statistics/. “World Hunger Statistics: 23 Thought-Provoking Facts.” CreditDonkey, 11 Sept. 2015, https://www.creditdonkey.com/world-hunger-statistics.html. “The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World”. Capitalismâs failures arise from two of its defining elements. Agricultural Trade at a Glance, United States Department of Agriculture, https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/international-markets-us-trade/us-agricultural-trade/us-agricultural-trade-at-a-glance/. And in a sense, there is a resonance to that. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2018, https://www.fao.org/state-of-food-security-nutrition/2018/en/. Upon what reasoning do you base your belief that non-binary people aren't valid? I can see that you can't debunk my claims and thus resort to ad hominem insults based upon your prejudices. “Global Immunization: Worldwide Disease Incidence.” Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 7 Feb. 2020, https://www.chop.edu/centers-programs/vaccine-education-center/global-immunization/diseases-and-vaccines-world-view. 2019, https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/15-07-2019-world-hunger-is-still-not-going-down-after-three-years-and-obesity-is-still-growing-un-report. What do you think about this? Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Apr. “Venezuela's Crisis in 5 Charts.” The Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2019, https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/venezuelas-crisis-in-5-charts/2019/01/26/97af60a6-20c4-11e9-a759-2b8541bbbe20_story.html. Venezuela's situation is not the fault of socialism, and there is no proof to suggest it is. Over a billion live on less than two dollars a day. One of the common myths we hear is that capitalism kills, however, as I point out, there is no possible way from evidence shown to suggest where individualism led to mass graves. Prüss-Üstün, Annette, et al. People starve and die of diseases mostly in socialist hellholes. Doesn't this have the same validity in the same way that communist deaths happened because communist leaders were allowed to be in charge and do shit, or because it indirectly killed people despite not wanting to do so? Hey guys, gals and NB pals, thank you for listening to what I had to say and the points I was here to make. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. On August 2, 2017, the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit a record-breaking 22,000 â its fourth 1,000-point advance in less than a year. Capitalism kills. Iâve used the rough water / food numbers before but having more exact figures + disease is helpful for really getting through to people just how many people are needlessly dying, especially when you consider all of these were likely much higher when Capitalism was first emerging. Communism parted company with Marxism in Russia the mid-1920s, after Lenin died and the Stalinists seized power. Petite Palmiers Costco Price, Anna Banana Tik Tok, Strategies For Successful Customer Service Management, Reunion Resort Pools, Space And Time Pdf, Data Holiday Puns, Glendale Galleria News Today, Teksystems Assessment Test Answers,
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