Comments by "Julia P." (@juliap.5375) on "Sabine Hossenfelder"
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And how many anti-capitalists you know? People who know non-capitalistic systems? Who have experience with at least two systems and can compare? As example people who build cities or developed aircrafts in both systems?
Because I almost don’t know people around self who believe that capitalism developed the world. And I can read who lecture with dozens, hundreds examples why it is ineffective system which only slowdown the world.
1. First of all, so-called “free markets” — old boring propaganda. There are no and never existed free markets. As soon as in world arrive some real competitor, markets immediately closed, while capital tried to destroy (with direct or indirect war) such competitor.
Free markets exist when capital need to open for self some weak undeveloped country to flood it with own goods and suppress (better destroy) any local industry. De-facto it is instrument of neo-colonialism.
2. Example with penicillin is just hilarious. Firstly, it is rare example in capitalistic society, when some invention immediately was not classified by company (we see this everyday). But anyway, it is perfect example that capitalism not help in developing the world — they classified technology of it production. She talks about some saved lives of soldiers, but even allies in USSR were forced to invent own methods of penicillin production. USSR asked US about technology, but US rejected to share it. So USSR re-invented everything.
Now about effectiveness. In US over penicillin production worked near 500 people, in USSR — 9 people. Why so? Because capitalism is incredible ineffective, in US people were forced to reinvent a lot of things and technologies which already existed. In USSR regards to communism there was no such borders, any knowledge or technology was available for developers by first request. So only 9 people were enough.
General classical example for whole so-called Cold War, West had more scientists and much more engineers (in 8 times more), but USSR anyway represent near same or above level of technologies, regards to ineffectiveness of capitalism. When in communism somebody invent something, it immediately became available for everyone rest. In capitalism it impossibly to imagine, in best way they just patent own invention and ask money for usage (when they see competitor — just block usage).
That’s why in US such catastrophic situation with mass medicine. De facto it non exist. Exist individual medicine, but not mass. Same with drugs. Any drugs in US costs in dozens and hundreds times more than in rest world. As another example Zolgensma — the most expensive drug in world, dose cost over $2 million. WTF?! At same time in Russia state developed own version and now spread it for free.
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Attacked countries, bombed into stone age, introduced total blockade and then “places you don’t want to live” 😮 Monsters.
I’m ethnic Polish, but studied in Moscow (Russia). And as foreigner student, we, foreigners, studied together. So I studied also together with North Koreans guys. We are friends. I visited Korea twice, because had personal invitation from friends, it was free visit (we traveled everywhere, without classical limits for touristic groups). What I can say — they are living better and mode developed than most of Europe. I can compare and what Sabine know about Korea? In best way can find it in map.
Yeah, they have poor villages, but it is villages, they are everywhere poor and undeveloped.
Laos — in 2010s Russian troops for several years removed mines from country which left US decades ago. Whole country in mines and bombs, they even can’t open farms, because everything in mines. Capitalists dropped on Laos more bombs than on nazis :/
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