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Capitalism's death toll (lemmy.ml)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Meanwhile in the real world

Between 1950 and 1980, China experienced the most rapid sustained increase in life expectancy of any population in documented global history. We know of no study that has quantitatively assessed the relative importance of the various explanations proposed for this gain in survival. We have created and analysed a new, province-level panel data set spanning the decades between 1950 and 1980 by combining historical information from China's public health archives, official provincial yearbooks, and infant and child mortality records contained in the 1988 National Survey of Fertility and Contraception. Although exploratory, our results suggest that gains in school enrolment and public health campaigns together are associated with 55-70 per cent of China's dramatic reductions in infant and under-5 mortality during our study period. These results underscore the importance of non-medical determinants of population health, and suggest that, in some circumstances, general education of the population may amplify the effectiveness of public health interventions.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25495509/

Should do an AMA on what it's like to put those clown shoes on every morning.

[–] felykiosa -5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Wow calm down you know you can talk normally to people , you dont need to insult them. Also I dont know if I m a clown but at least I know that when you tell to every peoples who make food : go make iron , it dont go very well at least on the moment. Also this does not contradict the fact that this graphic is based on data that is not worth comparing because the number of country /time spend under Communism and capitalism are completely different .

Edit: Also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Chinese_Famine so yeah 30MILLION DEATH ,more than WW2 , so I wasnt even wrong

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I love how when faced with an actual paper showing how life expectancy increased, you counter with wikipedia further highlighting your intellectual prowess. The idiocy of your "argument" is to ignore what life expectancy was like BEFORE the revolution, and the fact that famines were already a common occurrence. If you spend a bit of time actually understanding the subject before opining on it, then you'll be able to avoid making a clown of yourself in public in the future. Maybe start by actually reading the paper I linked.

[–] felykiosa 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yes and whats your point 16-30million death is ok if life expectancy increase drastically? The post compare the number of death and I was talking about that . . I linked a wikipedia link just because I dont have more time to take for you but this famine is documented , its not something that is not verified . also again you are clearly arrogant so the clown that I am will not respond to your next taunt .

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

No, my point is that less people died overall compared to the way things were previously. It's incredible that you're struggling so hard to understand this. You linked wikipedia because skimming through wiki links is peak intellectual engagement for you. I'm glad to see that I won't have to read more of your drivel going forward. Bye.