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[–] volodya_ilich@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Tribes that fought each other for hunting grounds

So you agree that by human nature humans can do both good and bad things, and that society is the one that imposes which ones we do?

The taking care of your own when it’s a handful of people doesn’t scale up to millions

It kinda does, look at Cuba. Peaceful as it gets, extremely high number of doctors per capita to the point of exporting doctors in times of crisis in other countries, fastest country to vaccinate its population against COVID, guaranteed housing for everyone, really low crime rates and no mafias or drug cartels... You can accuse Cuba of many things, but it proves you can take care of millions of people

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)
[–] volodya_ilich@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

A comment as smart as your username. Why take actual data when you can take personal experience, amirite?

Edit: my comment was written before links were provided through an edit to the previous comment

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Oh you got me sir, well played being the one of us to cite sources

[–] volodya_ilich@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Your source aren't even related to anything the conversation talked about. You're bringing an article by a Washington-based think tank to talk about oppression in Cuba, and the economic conditions of an island under an economic blockade. How does that invalidate, or even remotely have anything to do with, my previous points? The conversation was about "taking care of people instead of being violent". That Cuba manages to do so even in a context of relative poverty, tells us a lot about what humans can do "when talking about millions"

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

There are protests in Cuba and they are dealt with violently

Also pointing out inequality (not poverty) is relevant to discussions about taking care of people

[–] volodya_ilich@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Protests in Cuba are dealt with in a more peaceful manner than the literal riot-geared cops violently kicking protestors out of universities in the USA for daring to oppose a genocide.

Please enlighten me about inequality in a price with guaranteed state jobs and price controls

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Please enlighten me about inequality in a price with guaranteed state jobs and price controls

Did you read the link about private enterprise?

[–] volodya_ilich@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

Please tell me how Cuba isn't one of the most peaceful countries in America, and by which metric. Please tell me how it's not one of the ones with least inequality and by which metric.