It’s very common to see on the internet people listing supposed deaths that happened in socialist countries, and normally because of “political assassinations” and “starvations”.

I know there are some lists about United States atrocities but do we have lists about captalism in general (and unlike theirs lists, with actual sources?)

  • ☭ 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗘𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 ☭MA
    10·
    2 years ago

    I don’t have any specific links beyond the repo in the sidebar at the moment, but if we used the same standards as the anticommunist lists, the list for capitalism would include billions of people. If we just use categories that are clearly attributable to capitalism (far above the standards of organizations like the VoCMF):

    • those who were denied life-saving medical treatment because they couldn’t afford it
    • those who starved to death because they couldn’t afford food
    • those who died because they couldn’t afford housing (e.g. from cold or diseases)
    • those who died as a result of overworking in capitalist countries
    • slaves in capitalist countries (mainly Amerika) who were murdered or died for various preventable reasons
    • those who died because of imperialist wars (direct murders and the aftermath, including refugees caused by the wars)
    • those who died due to the effects of sanctions
    • those who died during and after an imperialist coup who wouldn’t have died otherwise
    • etc.

    I don’t think it’s possible to have a comprehensive list, but I know that there are at least estimates for things like the war on Iraq and the genocidal blockade against Cuba. If we include general suffering and not just deaths, the list would be many times longer

    • redshiftedbrazilianOP
      5·
      2 years ago

      Do you think that it would be easier to start off the list from imperialist wars like from Iraq?

      • knfrmity
        3·
        2 years ago

        I’ll have to look for the source and number again but I remember reading a rough estimate of that somewhere. The US interventions abroad just in the 21st century are responsible for a very large number of deaths and further suffering.