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Is that data supposed to go back before 1990? Because it doesn't on my end, and as such that data isn't going to prove your point or disprove mine.
North Korea is confounded by the fact that Western sanctions are in large part responsible for famine: the region is notorious for not being very arable, and the USA's meddling with the South Korean puppet state actively worsens the situation. Similarly in Cuba: not every fault can be blamed on the USA, but if you don't think the continuous trade embargos aren't partially at fault for the situation, I don't think you're honestly evaluating the situation.
Don't let perfect be the enemy of good. I would much rather have access to any sort of free healthcare than not have access to any, as is my current lot in life. I don't care how good certain exclusive healthcare is, when the majority of the population has no access to healthcare. But frankly I think you have an unjustly negative view of the Cuban healthcare system:
Quoting Ileana Morales from the Cuban Ministry of Public Health,
... and Cuba doesn't hoard its medical professionals ...
Notice that healthcare works differently when it isn't purely profit driven. It works differently when incentive structures favor patient health over profit.
I mentioned this later in my comment: if you look at the suffering caused externally by capitalism, it's at best a wash with the benfits caused internally by it. You're also pointing to examples where things aren't great because of USA's interference. It's disingenuous.
The USA loves to wage economic and ideological war and, when it makes some progress in tearing down its target, point to the downfall of the target and pretend that the downfall is purely due to internal conflict. And you're buying in to that narrative.
The latter part of my comment was, in my opinion, more important than the first part. The proportion of the world's population being hurt by capitalism, compared to the proportion of the world's population helped by it, is massive; the fact that you're putting more value on small benefits conferred to a small proportion of the population at the expense of the rest is unfortunate but to be expected in a defense of capitalism.
If the place is not so arable, why is South Korea doing so well?
It's almost as if communism leads to autocratic states in every country to try it...
This same South Korea? Almost, like you have no clue regarding the subject you keep attempting to debate here 🤡 https://asiatimes.com/2019/12/75-of-young-want-to-escape-south-korean-hell/
Young people want to travel, shocker.
Stop sending me polls, it's boring.
Yeah, it's so boring to hear what people living in the country have to say about it.
It is. Finally we agree. Good bye
figures you wouldn't understand what sarcasm is, bye