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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How many people has capitalism killed? [/quote]

Well we firebombed every city in North Korea and killed 1.5 million civilians.  Does that count?  [/quote]

We also wiped out Native American populations and stole their land.  And enslaved Africans.  All in the name of benevolent capitalism.[/quote]

Capitalism is not a political system, it is merely an attribute of some political systems.  For example Capitalism is a part of Fascism.  The US has indeed committed many atrocities, and to the extent it did so, it is wrong and its system is flawed.

Capitalism and Communism and Fascism are not opposites.  It is better to think about Freedom as the system which is opposite to Totalitarianism.  And while it is true that Freedom requires Capitalism, it is not true that Capitalism is sufficient to guarantee Freedom.  Thus Communism and Fascism are both forms of society based on slavery, one of which employs Capitalism and one of which doesn't.  They are both much more similar to each other than either is to Freedom even though Freedom shares Capitalism with Fascism.  The US is definitely not an entirely free society and it never was, although it was arguably freer in the past than it is today.

Any nation which employs violence for any purpose except self defense is not entirely free.

The US today is essentially fascist.  And it is pretty terrible.  But Communism will not improve things - one system of slavery is no better than another - both feature a tiny handful of masters wielding immense power over everyone else.

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