• Grayox@lemmy.mlOP
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      8 months ago

      People are starving every damn day under Capitalism and there is no famine going on. This isn’t the dunk you think it is.

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        8 months ago

        I’ve been to Capitalist countries, I’ve been to Communist countries.

        Guess which system has their people immigrating to the other system on rafts with their children, just to try the other system. Guess which system builds walls to keep people IN, guess which system has beggars asking for milk for their children instead of money.

        Your comment isn’t the dunk you think it is when it brushes up against the harsh truth that is reality.

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      8 months ago

      Those famines happened every 10 years before communism, they happened ONCE during in each location and not again since.

      In the meantime capitalism had that death total due to forced starvation every 7 years on average.

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      Socialism is usually built from the remains of a previous brutal regime. Starvation doesn’t end overnight.

      This is the case for both Russia and China. After stabilizing they had an unprecedented improvement in nutrition, longevity and such.

      The same can’t be said for the vast majority of capitalist states, who still experience starvation despite being perfectly capable of feeding everyone.