Re: Take Back Your Time Day

"chris.holt" wrote:

> G*rd*n wrote:
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> > Either median infant mortality dropped during the rise of
> > capitalism, or it didn't.  If it did, then capitalism fans
> > can argue that that was due to the rise of capitalism.  A
> > quick end to the argument would be to show that infant
> > mortality remained the same or increased.
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> Wouldn't it also be a quick end to the argument to show that
> infant mortality dropped during the rise of socialism?  If
> it drops in both cases, that suggests that it was caused by
> factors other than economic/political systems, e.g.
> scientific and technological advances; and we know that
> these aren't directly related to economics or politics.

judging by time, living standards rose faster in the USSR than it
has for the third world.



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