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That being said, we have the resources to provide for everyone's basic needs, yet millions still die of starvation every year because of a price tag. That's not acceptable.
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Not to mention the tens of thousands of people in America that are left with medical debt more dangerous than the injuries the hospitals treated. You'll live, but be a homeless bum.
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Very true problems. These are not problems due to capitalism though. These are just problems we have not solved.
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Capitalism can't solve those problems. We have to look outside of capitalism if we want to solve them.
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These are not economic issues. War torn countries are not suffering a failed economic model. The other times these issues happen it is because they are communist nations.
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Okay. So what about the US? It's not war torn, nor communist. Yet millions are starving, unable to afford healthcare, unemployed and only surviving on government funds and crime.
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Millions are starving in the US? By what metric? I really doubt this is true.
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12.7 percent of all U.S households. 6.1 million U.S. households suffer from severe food insecurity, which means the people who live in them are often hungry.
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Food insecurity is not the same as starvation. If, as you say,the same people can afford drugs then having not enough food is an option.
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At the same time in #USA, about 50% of food, bought and paid for, ends up in a dumpster.
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Why do you think drugs are so popular in low income areas of cities? It's quick, yet risky way to make the money you need to survive.
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Their thought process is why work $7-8/hr when you can sell pot for $10-18 a gram?