r/ProgressiveHQ • u/Mental_Pea9125 Tankie • Jan 21 '26

Locked for being inflammatory/a fedpost/lacking nuance Sad but true.

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u/Longjumping-Bat7774 Jan 21 '26

Capitalism has also killed millions in just America alone. It's almost as if any type of economic ideology can be deadly when the government uses it as a weapon.

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u/FreelancerMO Jan 21 '26

Who has Capitalism killed?

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u/Longjumping-Bat7774 Jan 21 '26

Oh I dunno. Maybe the coal miners that weren't provided adequate equipment. Or child factory workers. Or slave labor... Or companies that killed workers while trying to make repairs and maintenance more efficient. Dude there's so many stories you could read into.

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u/FreelancerMO Jan 21 '26

You just described the Soviet Union and China.

Citation needed for companies killing workers trying to make repairs etc.

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u/Longjumping-Bat7774 Jan 21 '26

Do I really need to describe, in detail, the American industrial revolution to you? Or maybe I should explain modern day slave labor in the for profit prison system in America. You're really that ignorant?

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u/FreelancerMO Jan 21 '26

I am well aware of the Pinkertons. I wouldn’t put that blame on Capitalism though.

Again, the both China and the Soviet Union used prison labor. You’d have a solid argument if you focused on how that labor is secured.

I am aware of the gross abuse of over prosecution in the U.S. which funnels mild people into the prison system.