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It is hard to avoid the temptation of insulting you for this abysmally dogshit take.
Idk how privliged you are. I've had multiple family members die to covid. Worldwide, the number of deaths confirmed from covid was over 5 million, but estimated excess mortality was in the 25 million range.
You get all pissy about "10 million aborted fetuses" (as if fetuses have a conscious life for me to care", but 25 million actual dead is nothing for you. On brand for a capitalist!
https://ourworldindata.org/excess-mortality-covid
The first sign of self consciousness is throwing insults.
Out of respect for yours and my family members who passed from COVID, I will say I think it's stupid anyone dies from the flu regardless of which one it is.
Lastly, when you look at deaths per cases, you'll see I'm correct. The uniqueness of COVID was not its mortality like the drug manufacturers wanted you to think. "The vaccine stops the spread." Remember that? How many people died from the vaccine after being coerced into taking it? Do those people matter to you?
Masks were the real solution. China already had a culture of mask wearing while sick. I myself an immunocompromised. I was so angry at people who didn't wear masks and still get highly perturbed when people appear in public places without them while coughing or sneezing their personal fluids everywhere. It's disgusting.
But after all my thrashing about, I came to a very simple conclusion about life and people. You can't force people to do anything. You can't tell them what to do and expect them to listen. Creating a forceful or even violent consequence for this situation isn't "correct." It's just more bad on top of bad.
The truth is education is the answer to most problems. Better education reduces racism, violence, drug use, susceptibility to propaganda, increases financial decision making, emotional control, overall happiness and should absolutely give people the perspective that they should not do onto others that they would not have done upon themselves with higher standards than "derr my southern attitude is that I don't care about me own health so I'm fine coughing on you." What a load of shit. Some Americans set a truly low bar in that regard.
But, I have evolved from the previous mindset you seem particularly situated on. Believe me my worst fear is that this was part of their intention. Real deaths creating permanent divide between the red and blue. Right where they want us, right? Fighting each other instead of them. Isn't this all simply a class war? At least in America it is.
You're a right wing weirdo.
I'm not. I'm progressive. Like Bernie Sanders progressive. But your name calling makes you something alright.
This one of the markers I would use for a "good" system:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_inequality-adjusted_Human_Development_Index
The Inequality Adjusted Human Development Index.
Iceland, Norway, Denmark, Switzerland... these are the leaders in this index. How? A high-welfare free market economy.
This is capitalism but with a foundation of human rights built on high taxes using examples like net wealth tax.
Right.
Search for how many land/companies they own in South America/Africa, were the Amazonian wood go, the minerals extract from South America and the gems from Africa, who owns the vast majority of Brazilian coffee
This is imperialism with nice things for white people.
So, I looked it up. You're right. NATO countries are pillaging Africa in a way I never knew about. The index score is a good thing still, I think. But the source of that score should be considered.
Does anywhere exist with a high score that is ethically sourced?
I know China does the same thing in Africa. So they're out...
Regarding that comment about white people. The US is far more diverse than any super power. The only close comparison is Canada which is more diverse, but not a real super power.
The combined population of NATO is nearing 1 billion and it's much more diverse than China or Russia or any other "communist" or "socialist" state.
Anyways, I'm not saying NATO is good thing or bad thing. I don't truly know. But I know the US style of capitalism appears to bleed into NATO is shit. And China's "socialism" is shit too.
Coaxed into a snafu again.
No you don't. You don't know that. You assume it.
Lol. Says they're not the average dumb westerner. Thinks Russia is still communist
Decolonization, which began after WWI, was replaced by neocolonialism/neoimperialism. The same imperialist states have been doing it on the sly ever since, with the US as the mafia Don.