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Having large numbers of people starve to death seems like a pretty damning indictment of a system. But I dunno, maybe I'm overly attached to food?

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[–] Grayox@lemmy.ml 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The British East India Company killed 40 million People. And that is just one singular corporate entity.

[–] Jimmyeatsausage@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

And 40 million sex-selective abortions happened under China's one-child policy, 30 million starved during the 40-yr-famine and an additional 4 million outside Ukraine in the USSR. The problem isn't communism/capitalism it's authoritarian vs democratic.

[–] spiderplant@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago

20 million people die from starvation, lack of access to clean water or preventable disease under capitalism EVERY YEAR.

These are solvable problems but its not profitable. 1/3 of food produced globably is thrown away. We've plenty of solutions for access to water. Preventable disease, it's in the name.