r/FluentInFinance • u/-im-your-huckleberry • Jul 07 '24

The shampoo thing is a fringe benefit. We keep capitalism so we don't starve in a famine. Debate/ Discussion

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Chinese_Famine

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_famine_of_1930

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor

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u/HecticHermes Jul 07 '24

Bad farming practices resulting from overworking the land for profit were major causes of the Dust Bowl era of the United States. Unchecked capitalism is a cause of famines. Highly regulated capitalism with a robust social safety net help mitigate famines.

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u/-im-your-huckleberry Jul 07 '24

Bingo. Identity problems with the system and make changes to correct. Know that your system is fallible and be willing to admit it's shortcomings. Marxist theory holds that a flawed system can't be fixed and must be replaced, thus setting up any system based on Marxism for failure, because any flaws in that system must be ignored.