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[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee -4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Yeah but all forms of government are constantly attacked. You’re like a multicellular organism crying foul because bacteria and other pathogens are trying to invade it.

One of the reasons capitalism wins is it produces enough wealth to win wars. Consistently. The same wealth that leads to ever-lower levels of poverty also wins wars.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Imperialism, the highest stage of capitalism causes wars.

WWI was an inter-imperialist war. WWII was two wars: on the Western front it was an inter-imperialist war and on the Eastern front it was largely a war to crush socialism. Most of the wars since then have been imperialist wars of aggression against imperialized states, many of them by the United States, the global imperialist hegemon that has over 750 overseas military bases.

The same wealth that leads to ever-lower levels of poverty

Where have you been during the last 40 years of neoliberalism and neocolonialism?
And explain this: United Nations, 2019: Helping 800 Million People Escape Poverty Was Greatest Such Effort in History, Says Secretary-General, on Seventieth Anniversary of China’s Founding

[–] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago

I have bad news for you about the rate of poverty...