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== Death toll == | == Death toll == | ||
Capitalism killed over 160 million people in [[British Raj (1858–1947)|India]] alone between 1880 and 1920.<ref>{{Web citation|author=[[Ben Norton]]|newspaper=[[Multipolarista]]|title=British empire killed 165 million Indians in 40 years: How colonialism inspired fascism|date=2022-12-12|url=https://multipolarista.com/2022/12/12/britain-100-million-india-deaths-colonialism/|retrieved=2022-12-16}}</ref> The [[United States of America|United States]] has intentionally killed over 11 million people, including over five million indigenous people.<ref name=":6">{{Citation|author=Austin Murphy|year=2000|title=The Triumph of Evil|chapter=Introduction|section=|page=22|pdf=https://mltheory.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/austin-murphy-the-triumph-of-evil.pdf|publisher=European Press Academic Publishing|isbn=8883980026}}</ref> | Capitalism killed over 160 million people in [[British Raj (1858–1947)|India]] alone between 1880 and 1920.<ref>{{Web citation|author=[[Ben Norton]]|newspaper=[[Multipolarista]]|title=British empire killed 165 million Indians in 40 years: How colonialism inspired fascism|date=2022-12-12|url=https://multipolarista.com/2022/12/12/britain-100-million-india-deaths-colonialism/|retrieved=2022-12-16}}</ref> The [[United States of America|United States]] has intentionally killed over 11 million people, including over five million indigenous people.<ref name=":6">{{Citation|author=Austin Murphy|year=2000|title=The Triumph of Evil|chapter=Introduction|section=|page=22|pdf=https://mltheory.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/austin-murphy-the-triumph-of-evil.pdf|publisher=European Press Academic Publishing|isbn=8883980026}}</ref> | ||
== Poverty == | |||
After the [[overthrow of the Soviet Union]] and restoration of capitalism, [[poverty]] rates increased massively in [[Eastern Europe]] and [[Central Asia]]:<ref>{{Citation|author=Branko Milanovic|year=1998|title=Income, Inequality, and Poverty during the Transition from Planned to Market Economy|chapter=Poverty|section=By How Much Has Poverty Increased?|page=68|pdf=https://web.archive.org/web/20210314180055/https://www.gc.cuny.edu/CUNY_GC/media/CUNY-Graduate-Center/PDF/Centers/LIS/Milanovic/papers/Income_ineq_poverty_book.pdf|city=[[Washington, D.C.]]|publisher=[[World Bank]]|isbn=082133994X}}</ref> | |||
* [[Republic of Belarus|Belarus]]: 1% to 22% | |||
* [[Republic of Bulgaria|Bulgaria]]: 2% to 15% | |||
* [[Republic of Estonia|Estonia]]: 1% to 37% | |||
* [[Hungary]]: 1% to 4% | |||
* [[Republic of Kazakhstan|Kazakhstan]]: 5% to 65% | |||
* [[Kyrgyz Republic|Kyrgyzstan]]: 12% to 88% | |||
* [[Republic of Latvia|Latvia]]: 1% to 22% | |||
* [[Republic of Lithuania|Lithuania]]: 1% to 30% | |||
* [[Republic of Moldova|Moldova]]: 4% to 66% | |||
* [[Republic of Poland|Poland]]: 6% to 20% | |||
* [[Romania]]: 6% to 59% | |||
* [[Russian Federation|Russia]]: 2% to 50% | |||
* [[Republic of Turkmenistan|Turkmenistan]]: 12% to 61% | |||
* [[Ukraine]]: 2% to 63% | |||
* [[Republic of Uzbekistan|Uzbekistan]]: 24% to 63% | |||
== Starvation == | == Starvation == | ||
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== Mass incarceration == | == Mass incarceration == | ||
[[File:Incarceration in US states compared to incarceration in countries..png|thumb|The United States has very high levels of incarceration compared to other countries]] | |||
The United States imprisons 2.8% of its population, a higher rate than the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)|Soviet Union]] at the height of the [[Soviet purges of 1937–1938|Purges]].<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|author=Saed Teymuri|newspaper=The Stalinist Katyusha|title=The Truth about the Soviet Gulag - Surprisingly Revealed by the CIA|date=2018-10-31|url=https://stalinistkatyusha.wixsite.com/stalinist-katyusha/single-post/2018/10/04/The-Truth-about-the-Soviet-Gulag---Surprisingly-Revealed-by-the-CIA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401100827/https://stalinistkatyusha.wixsite.com/stalinist-katyusha/single-post/2018/10/04/The-Truth-about-the-Soviet-Gulag---Surprisingly-Revealed-by-the-CIA|archive-date=2019-04-01|retrieved=2022-09-11}}</ref> | The United States imprisons 2.8% of its population, a higher rate than the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)|Soviet Union]] at the height of the [[Soviet purges of 1937–1938|Purges]].<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|author=Saed Teymuri|newspaper=The Stalinist Katyusha|title=The Truth about the Soviet Gulag - Surprisingly Revealed by the CIA|date=2018-10-31|url=https://stalinistkatyusha.wixsite.com/stalinist-katyusha/single-post/2018/10/04/The-Truth-about-the-Soviet-Gulag---Surprisingly-Revealed-by-the-CIA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401100827/https://stalinistkatyusha.wixsite.com/stalinist-katyusha/single-post/2018/10/04/The-Truth-about-the-Soviet-Gulag---Surprisingly-Revealed-by-the-CIA|archive-date=2019-04-01|retrieved=2022-09-11}}</ref> | ||
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* [[Achievements of socialism|Successes of socialism]] | * [[Achievements of socialism|Successes of socialism]] | ||
* [[Communist nostalgia|Socialist nostalgia]] | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
Revision as of 18:25, 12 February 2023
Capitalism has created immense amounts of suffering and destruction since its beginning in the 16th and 17th centuries. Capitalist apologists will often claim that this is "not real capitalism" or "crony capitalism."
Death toll
Capitalism killed over 160 million people in India alone between 1880 and 1920.[1] The United States has intentionally killed over 11 million people, including over five million indigenous people.[2]
Poverty
After the overthrow of the Soviet Union and restoration of capitalism, poverty rates increased massively in Eastern Europe and Central Asia:[3]
- Belarus: 1% to 22%
- Bulgaria: 2% to 15%
- Estonia: 1% to 37%
- Hungary: 1% to 4%
- Kazakhstan: 5% to 65%
- Kyrgyzstan: 12% to 88%
- Latvia: 1% to 22%
- Lithuania: 1% to 30%
- Moldova: 4% to 66%
- Poland: 6% to 20%
- Romania: 6% to 59%
- Russia: 2% to 50%
- Turkmenistan: 12% to 61%
- Ukraine: 2% to 63%
- Uzbekistan: 24% to 63%
Starvation
All of the worst 50 countries in terms of starvation rate are capitalist. Somalia, a capitalist country, has a starvation rate more than 10 times as high as Laos, the most malnourished socialist country, and over 300 times as high as socialist Vietnam.[4]
Mass incarceration
The United States imprisons 2.8% of its population, a higher rate than the Soviet Union at the height of the Purges.[5]
See also
References
- ↑ Ben Norton (2022-12-12). "British empire killed 165 million Indians in 40 years: How colonialism inspired fascism" Multipolarista. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
- ↑ Austin Murphy (2000). The Triumph of Evil: 'Introduction' (p. 22). [PDF] European Press Academic Publishing. ISBN 8883980026
- ↑ Branko Milanovic (1998). Income, Inequality, and Poverty during the Transition from Planned to Market Economy: 'Poverty; By How Much Has Poverty Increased?' (p. 68). [PDF] Washington, D.C.: World Bank. ISBN 082133994X
- ↑ "Malnutrition". World Health Rankings. Archived from the original on 2022-12-02. Retrieved 2022-02-07.
- ↑ Saed Teymuri (2018-10-31). "The Truth about the Soviet Gulag - Surprisingly Revealed by the CIA" The Stalinist Katyusha. Archived from the original on 2019-04-01. Retrieved 2022-09-11.