Statues vs a tomb. Another attempt by the far right to distract us from their ignorance and their desperation to cover up their squalid history in power.
Let’s take a closer look at this.
Question: How many people has capitalism killed?
The typical claim is that “socialist”* regimes have killed “100 million” people. This always includes famines and other things that are blamed on socialism and its supposed inefficiency; for instance, the 36 million people that died during the Chinese famine.
Well, let’s see how much better and more efficient capitalism is then.
(*Note: To be rigorous, many would agree that calling those regimes “socialist” is not accurate.)
- UNICEF, RESULTS, and Bread for the World estimate that 15 million people die each year from preventable poverty, of whom 11 million are children under the age of five. ( one of many sources)
So in 10 years, capitalism kills more children under the age of 5 than socialism did in 150 years.
“But that’s not capitalism’s fault! That’s just scarcity or underdevelopment!”
So why are you blaming the 36 million deaths of the Chinese famine on socialism and its inefficiency?
We have enough food to feed 10 billion people. Even assuming 20% of it is lost, we could still feed the entire population of the world. But we don’t, because the logistics are expensive and inefficient. Because developing poor countries is too expensive, and sending them food “disrupts the local markets”.
If these people didn’t need to operate under capitalism to survive, sending them food wouldn’t be an issue. If we prioritized things properly, we could develop self-sustainable agriculture projects everywhere in the world.
But we don’t. Because of capitalism.
Question: Has a Communist society ever existed as determined By Karl Marx?
Answer: No. Even Marx distanced himself from those who had already begun distorting his writings in the late 1870’s. Communism, as determined by Karl Marx, has never existed and would take centuries post revolution to create.
Therefore next time somebody decides to re write history and leave out the important bits; ‘bite their balls…’ off.
James Finlayson
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