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People often claim that capitalism performed better than socialism in terms of poverty and human development in the 20th century. This story is repeated so frequently that no one ever even bothers to back it up. Is it true? 🧵— Jason Hickel (@jasonhickel) May 22, 2022

Good Twitter thread on a study (data from the World Bank published in research for the American Journal of Public Health) that showed socialist countries beat capitalist countries when it comes to metrics that actually matter to people (like physical health).

  • invo_rt [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Socialist states had lower infant mortality, lower child death rate, longer life expectancy, better literacy, better secondary education, better food access, more doctors and nurses, and better physical quality of life.

    Yeah but what about 🇺🇲MUH FREEDUMS™🇺🇲 check mate commies

    • Ho_Chi_Chungus [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      yeah they might have all of those but there's only 2 flavors of potato chip at the grocery store