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In reply to the discussion: Capitalism Kills Nearly 1 Million Americans Per Year [View all]Farmer-Rick
(12,703 posts)All economic systems are Not strictly capitalist, socialist, communist or feudalism. They are a combination of all of them. Even the US slave economy worked side by side with capitalism. England and Saudi combine feudalism and capitalism in varing degrees. The US has socialist systems in place like SocSec, Medicare and unemployment.
No country is all one economic system. If the US were 100% capitalism, we would look like the early 1900s, with child labor in every factory and store, 24/7 work weeks, no workman's compensation, no disability, short and brutal lifespans for everyone but the filthy rich, workhouses, debtor's prison and a huge swath of workers as servants.
We don't look like that...anymore...because of socialist systems forced onto a capitalist systems.
Everytime there are horrific social ills, socialism solves the problem. Rarely can capitalism solve any social problems.
So yeah, more socialism seems to be the answer.