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It depends what the point being made here is, since only the last is unique to capitalism (and that only due to its specificity). And the worst famine in history occurred under the CCP.
If the point is "'capitalism is harmless' is bullshit" I'm onboard; if it's "capitalism is the cause of these things", I'm not.
Upvoted cuz I like people who try to avoid manicheism.
To add to the nuances, some thinkers (mostly left libertarians) qualify leninism/maoism as State Capitalism . In this regard, the meme kinda works as "capitalism is the cause of these things" if you consider capitalism as a very broad term.