| > Capitalism has been a miracle for everyone, not just a few. Capitalism has had demonstrably terrible effects for many people all over the world without the luck of being born in a country or even a social class with enough economic clout to dictate favourable terms in trade agreements. The conflict and genocide in East Timor was driven by capitalist Indonesia (a US ally) and colonial greed. Of course this conflict was ignored at the time because it was more important to focus on the Khmer Rouge, so the US and its brand of capitalism could save face: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_invasion_of_East_Ti... As was the privatisation of water supply in Bolivia that led to conflict and massacres: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochabamba_Water_War Plus the US-backed militias and crackdowns in various South American nations to prop up and entrench its business interests: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_Wars These are just three examples. There are countless other examples of the destruction and death caused by capitalist policies all over the world. This kind of greed, corruption and harm is not limited to totalitarian states, they're just less reported on by western media. Deliberately so. Calling it a 'miracle for everyone' is an obscenely narrow-minded claim. |