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Most people in the world don't have central heating, almost one billion is starving (a global food crisis was there before the financial crisis and still goes o

Most people in the world don't have central heating, almost one billion is starving (a global food crisis was there before the financial crisis and still goes on), only a few nations guarantee health care, capitalist nations like the US don't. Globally the literacy is very poor and education rudimentary. There are more slaves now in the world than in any other periods of history. Capitalist countries like the US, Mexico, Colombia, South Africa are the most crime ridden in the world. In the US alone more than a million people is in prison. People live in gated communities to protect themselves. Due to the digital divide only a small part of the world population has Internet access.

jibiki 17y ago
> Most people in the world don't have central heating, almost one billion is starving (a global food crisis was there before the financial crisis and still goes on), only a few nations guarantee health care, capitalist nations like the US don't. Surely, a greater portion of the population has access to food and medicine than at almost any other point in history. Communism has scored some massive failures when it comes to feeding people (5 year plans, etc. etc...) > Globally the literacy is very poor and education rudimentary. Surely, the world literacy rate is higher than at almost any point in history. > There are more slaves now in the world than in any other periods of history. As a percentage? > Capitalist countries like the US, Mexico, Colombia, South Africa are the most crime ridden in the world. I believe this point to be accurate and relevant, although the high US crime rate is probably also related to our common law system. > Due to the digital divide only a small part of the world population has Internet access. But still far more than at almost any point in history! The internet is a great sticking point in debates about government investment. I don't think it would exist without capitalism, but I gather that it was greatly accelerated by government R&D money.
- onreact-com 17y ago
  "Communism has scored some massive failures when it comes to feeding people (5 year plans, etc. etc...)" There was no commnism yet. It was state capitalism. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_capitalism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_capitalism

jibiki 17y ago

> Most people in the world don't have central heating, almost one billion is starving (a global food crisis was there before the financial crisis and still goes on), only a few nations guarantee health care, capitalist nations like the US don't. Surely, a greater portion of the population has access to food and medicine than at almost any other point in history. Communism has scored some massive failures when it comes to feeding people (5 year plans, etc. etc...) > Globally the literacy is very poor and education rudimentary. Surely, the world literacy rate is higher than at almost any point in history. > There are more slaves now in the world than in any other periods of history. As a percentage? > Capitalist countries like the US, Mexico, Colombia, South Africa are the most crime ridden in the world. I believe this point to be accurate and relevant, although the high US crime rate is probably also related to our common law system. > Due to the digital divide only a small part of the world population has Internet access. But still far more than at almost any point in history! The internet is a great sticking point in debates about government investment. I don't think it would exist without capitalism, but I gather that it was greatly accelerated by government R&D money.

onreact-com 17y ago
"Communism has scored some massive failures when it comes to feeding people (5 year plans, etc. etc...)" There was no commnism yet. It was state capitalism. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_capitalism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_capitalism