Capitalism happened to be the dominant ideology (due to violent suppression of alternatives) during a period when many people were brought out of poverty.
Some other system or collection of systems might have worked worse, or better, or exactly the same.
Hang on just a minute… Eyekaytee@aussie.zone is extolling the virtues of capitalism! Surely, education and scientific research have nothing to do with significantly improving the average human lifespan over the past 100 years or so!
Sorry kid, but your favourite robber baron superstars didn’t have much to do with improving commoners’ living conditions at any point in history.
Capitalism has brought more people out of poverty than any other system on history.
Unproven assertion.
Capitalism happened to be the dominant ideology (due to violent suppression of alternatives) during a period when many people were brought out of poverty.
Some other system or collection of systems might have worked worse, or better, or exactly the same.
Hang on just a minute… Eyekaytee@aussie.zone is extolling the virtues of capitalism! Surely, education and scientific research have nothing to do with significantly improving the average human lifespan over the past 100 years or so!
Well lets look at China for example, here it is during peak Communism (dead bodies from the multiple famines not shown):
And here it is after opening itself up to the free market and international trade:
I guess just a coincidence!