Capitalism is the extraordinary belief that the nastiest of men, for the nastiest of motives, will somehow work together for the benefit of all."—John Maynard Keynes
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If you kill a poor person. All murder is a crime if the victim is rich.
You're definitely right 👍
And unfortunately, some weapons only work on the power. Like insurance hoops and red tape to delay or deny necessary health care.
Perfectly fine for a boardroom to approve sending a low quality version of their baby formula to countries with low regulations and better quality to countries with more regulations. If the babies want the higher quality kind they should move to a better country!
One death is a tragedy. A million deaths is a statistic.
Genocide of working class Americans.
Yep. For-profit private insurance is just class eugenics on a long timeline.
America isn't as racist as it once was, but it has become a de facto caste system.
Fucking nailed it
It definitely counts :::
"DoN't CaLl ThIs WoRk, ThIs IsN't REAL WoRk"
Or pushing buttons thousands of miles away.
What happens in communism?
Rather than Capital having supremacy over humanity, humans have supremacy over Capital. Capital is much like a dark god, it's will is guessed at by Capitalists, and those best capable of serving its alien will are the ones that succeed in the anarchy of the Market. Over time, these priests of Capital become fewer in number and greater in power.
Communism flips this on its head. By focusing on public ownership, central planning, and taking advantage of the productive forces previously built up via markets, humanity can bend Capital to its will. We have seen this in AES states, where healthcare is cheaper and yet high quality, literacy rates skyrocket, and production runs on plans and decision making for the whole of society.
I have an introductory Marxist reading list if you want to take a look.
By what mechanism does elimination of "death by paperwork" ensured in this?
Ensured? None. Incentivized? By focusing on eliminating the profit motive and fulfilling the will of the whole of society, there is a much larger emphasis on meeting the needs of the most impoverished and destitute.
And how exactly is "death by paperwork" incentivized in capitalist theory?
Because killing people through neglect can improve the efficiency of your workforce
Source ?
Let us take medicine as an example:
Higher doctor to patient ratio, better life expectancy for countries income level. Doctors in Cuba go door to door for routine checkups.
Cuba life expectancy is comparable to US life expectancy and has a hard time acquiring sterile needles due to the blockade if that gives you an idea
Interesting, that’s pretty cool, never knew that about Cuba. Is that to ensure a workable labor force? Whereas, the US has a significantly larger (30x) population. Therefore, the labor force maybe isn’t as cared about or needed to such a degree?
I believe I read schooling there is free, so more doctors per capita is not limited by how rich your family is
It is because they care about the population more than they care about profits, both for moral reasons and because the whole mandate of socialism is prioritizing democracy (and therefore the needs of your constituency) over capitalism
Beats me, I'm not a communist.
My comment isn’t even troll. Just wondering in a communist country, do they even help their most health system burdensome people? I don’t know. Canada now is trying to pressure assisted suicide on them. I think the UK is now trying that too. I know that Australia’s healthcare system is pretty good and they’ll even help those who aren’t even citizens. I’d say Australia is pretty capitalist, but have a really good system by the looks of it. Or does this meme just mean US capitalism? I’d be curious to know what it’s like for the extremely ill and poor people in Venezuela, China, Russia, etc. Do they actually get help?
The "pressuring suicide n them" is not factual stats. It is misinformation. Of course you will have an outlier doctor who gives terrible advice, but doctors will do their best for treatment (physical/mental) to help people. A dying patient with severe pain was always given palletive care options, and now there is an extra option. My friends dad had incurable cancer, and constant suffering, and given a month at most. He asks for MAID because he said why would I want 4 weeks more pain/suffering when I can choose my own ending.
We're going to become Brazil (the movie)
still haven't seen that movie.
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Tuttle!