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1 out of 3 Gen Zs in America like communism! Let's go Gen Z!! (lemmy.ml)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/41757245

https://www.cato.org/blog/81-say-they-cant-afford-pay-higher-taxes-next-year

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[–] 4 points 9 months ago (6 children)

Nope, had more to do with land reform, industrialization, and the mass social programs implemented by socialist governments, including literacy campaigns and expanded access to healthcare. Vaccines don't do much if you don't actually give them to people.

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  • [–] 0 points 9 months ago (5 children)

    So why did life expectancy go up so much around the rest of the world at the same time? Come on...

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (4 children)

    It didn't go up around the rest of the world evenly. Most countries that adopted socialism were extremely poor and underdeveloped beforehand, and having much better access to healthcare was massively impactful, same with employment, housing, and land. Life expectancy was highest in the imperialist countries like the US and Europe, they didn't have life expectancies in the 30s even pre-vaccine, at least not at the same time.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (3 children)

    Which countries are you thinking of? There aren't that many that still consider themselves socialist or communist. Cuba is really the only good example i can think of that fits what you are describing.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago* (2 children)

    The PRC, DPRK, Vietnam, Laos, and Cuba are all socialist countries, with Venezuela and Nicaragua as budding proto-socialist projects. The former USSR was of course also socialist.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (1 child)

    Cuba and China are currently 56 and 57th in the world for life expectancy. Even if there was a time where their life expectancy improved faster than the rest of the world because of socialist policies, their edge has since then disappeared.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    When compared to peer countries, they consistently outperform, thanks to the capabilities of socialism. Cuba is under intense embargo, and the countries at the top are all imperialist, existing only due to plundering the global south.

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