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> The capitalist system is inarguably superior to a command economy in terms of supplying what customers want. Does this therefore drive some urge towards genoc
by mcv 3y ago
> The capitalist system is inarguably superior to a command economy in terms of supplying what customers want. Does this therefore drive some urge towards genocide on the part of one or the other side?
When it sees them as resources to be exploited or wasted, as competitors holding resources you want, or as unproductive. Colonialism is probably the biggest driver of genocide in history. Look at the millions dead in Congo to urge them to produce more rubber. Look at the Native American genocide in the US to take their land.
- BirAdam 3y agoAFAIK, the majority of genocides are in the form of ethnic cleansing and not from colonization or conquest.
- RobMurray 3y agoAnd look at the genocide that apparently must not be mentioned on HN, which is on topic for this article because Einstein among other Jews wrote an open letter in 1948 that is relevant: https://archive.org/details/AlbertEinsteinLetterToTheNewYorkTimes.December41948/page/n2/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/AlbertEinsteinLetterToTheNewYork...