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27158, RE: you could argue that capitalism brings out "good"
Posted by mc_delta_t, Tue Mar-29-05 12:44 PM
>you could argue that in the last hundred years "capitalism"
>or "capitalist organiztion" ( whatever that means ) has been
>largly or partly responsbile for mass resource extraction -
>which in turn has led to many advancments in human
>understanding - including medicines and mass cultivation and
>transportation of food.

And yet, under capitalism, with all these advancements, thousands starve to death every day, or don't recieve the treatments they need to survive.

Great, capitalism brought about medical advancments, but now those things are being used for profit, not for helping humanity.

>so much so the world population has gone from under 1 billion
>to 6.5 billion as a result of these benevolent advances......

With an overwhelming majority of those people living in horrible conditions when there are enough resorces int he world to clothe, shelter, and feed everyone.