[refurb]

You realize the US is the richest country because of capitalism?

And other countries that do give out money are capitalistic?

[AngryData]

Richest country in the world, and yet life spans have been stagnant and recently been dropping, infrastructure has been crumbling, and American lives have become completely dependent on abusive labor practices and dirty industry of foreign countries to keep the bottom of their economy from collapsing.

[refurb]

I mean a lot of countries have seen reduced lifespans due to Covid. Not sure why you’d call out the US or blame capitalism.

[AngryData]

US life expectancy started dropping before covid though.

[YATA0]

And? The countries with the highest lifespans are capitalist.

[AngryData]

That doesn't explain Cuba, China, Malaysia, and other countries with huge amounts of state controlled enterprise.

[YATA0]

China and Malaysia are capitalist, and none of those aforementioned countries are in the top 25 for life expectancy. China isn't even in the top 50, and Cuba is ranked below the US. Swing and a miss.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_ex...

[tfigment]

US gained a lot of world power after WW2 when other western countries were rebuilding. Do we know for certain it because of capitalism and not that US had lots of virgin resources to exploit in relative isolation while the other powers rebuilt.

[refurb]

I mean what economic system do you think Western Europe has?

Hint, it’s capitalism. High tax rates to pay for social programs but it’s still capitalism.

[stjohnswarts]

All the major powers are capatilistic now. There is a spectrum but it is capitalism. In some governments will push their weight around to get what they want but it's still capitalism

[8note]

A good portion of that wealth came from stealing good land and forcing people to work as slaves.

Not the most capitalistic wealth creation