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by bluecheese452 21 days ago
You are willfully missing the point. You can’t compare Russia to South Korea to claim communism bad. Russia has and will screw up every system it tries. You need to compare communist Russia to capitalist Russia. There the comparison looks much less favorable.

Also your graph proves my point. The giant drop in life expectancy is when it transitioned from communism to capitalism.
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cyberax 21 days ago
> You are willfully missing the point. You can’t compare Russia to South Korea to claim communism bad.

Why? I absolutely can. DPRK vs South Korea is an even better example.

> Also your graph proves my point. The giant drop in life expectancy is when it transitioned from communism to capitalism.

Well, duh. And capitalism _swiftly_ outpaced the previous rate. As somebody who experienced Soviet dentistry and medicine first-hand, I'm not at all surprised.

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bluecheese452 17 days ago
Sure then I can compare China to Somalia to claim capitalism bad.

DPRK is a chinese buffer state run by a cult of personality where South Korea is a strategic allied US country. Like yes I too would take South Korea’s position? It has nothing to do with capitalism.

Did it? Doesn’t look too swift to me. Also why not compare Chinese life expectancy now to before communism? Looks pretty good.

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