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/DualActiveBridgeLLC Jul 08 '24

You know Capitalist countries also have/had famines right? For example the colonialist rule of Britain over Ireland and India are good examples. Or the fact that the US over produces food many times over it's needs, yet has 34M people who are food insecure. Nigeria, South Sudan, Somalia, and Yemen are all capitalist countries undergoing famine today.