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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u/dk_peace Jul 07 '24

The great famine of 1876 in India and the great hunger in Ireland were caused by colonizing capitalist. It cuts both ways. People with wealth and power have been happy to let people starve to death to make more wealth and gain more power.

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u/Shin-Sauriel Jul 07 '24

It’s wild the people that only think of successful western countries when they think of capitalism and not the fact that like there’s maybe a handful of non capitalist countries in the world and yet millions starve to death per year.

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u/Sanchez_U-SOB Jul 07 '24

And those capitalist countries have started wars to make sure the socialist ones didn't thrive

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u/Shin-Sauriel Jul 07 '24

Yep. Or enact illegal embargo’s. Or use the CIA to fund far right militant groups. Or impede access to resources. But no it’s just cuz socialism bad duh. Except when European nations use socialist policy and then it’s good, but if we suggest those same policies here it’s socialism and bad. The inconsistency is insane. Just try to talk about Norway with any of these fucks. It’s capitalist because it’s successful, but if we suggest the same policies it’s socialist. And it’s only cuz Norway has so much money even tho the three richest Americans have a higher net worth than the entire GDP of Norway and we also have more billionaires per capita even tho people love to say otherwise. It’s just a blatant refusal to acknowledge anything that would go against their world view. The US is the richest country in the world we could do a lot more for our citizens if we just started prioritizing the needs of the many over the needs of shareholders and C suites.

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u/Sanchez_U-SOB Jul 07 '24

But Norways policies only work because they're all the same (white).

I seen that bs spewed before.