I've seen the propaganda of "communist countries kill X people".
Yet in capitalist societies, the blame is never on government, and is put squarely on the individual. It's YOUR fault you're sick. It's YOUR fault you're lazy. It's YOUR fault blaa, YOUR FAULT...
The costs of capitalism as a form of governmental policy are just as hidden as the externalized costs in everything around us. When do we start counting deaths due to extreme poverty? When do we count deaths due to 'Corporate Death Panels' (aka: insurance companies), and not having socialized medicine? When do we count the deaths of 'spreading democracy' via hegemonic expansion? When do we start counting illness and deaths resulting in subsidizing diabetes-inducing foods (corn, wheat, sugar, etc)? When do we start counting the extreme losses incurred (deaths, property, etc) about ignoring climate change?
Yet in capitalist societies, the blame is never on government, and is put squarely on the individual. It's YOUR fault you're sick. It's YOUR fault you're lazy. It's YOUR fault blaa, YOUR FAULT...
The costs of capitalism as a form of governmental policy are just as hidden as the externalized costs in everything around us. When do we start counting deaths due to extreme poverty? When do we count deaths due to 'Corporate Death Panels' (aka: insurance companies), and not having socialized medicine? When do we count the deaths of 'spreading democracy' via hegemonic expansion? When do we start counting illness and deaths resulting in subsidizing diabetes-inducing foods (corn, wheat, sugar, etc)? When do we start counting the extreme losses incurred (deaths, property, etc) about ignoring climate change?