Useful Statistics about Capitalism

[Burn A Flag]

I would love it if some comrades could provide me some nice statistics about capitalism. Ex: anything shocking about poverty or any other social or economic issues. Also war, imperialism, etc.


edit: Also a source would be great for any stats.

2nd edit: This presentation will be made in my English 10 honors class for my research project. It will probably be between 3-5 minutes and I want to appeal to average teens.

[Comrade1]

I would love it if some comrades could provide me some nice statistics about capitalism. Ex: anything shocking about poverty or any other social or economic issues. Also war, imperialism, etc.
Capitalism: Known True Evil
1.4 Billion Murdered

Second Boer War 75,000
Japanese Massacre of Singapore 100,000
Burma-Siam Railroad Construction 116,000
Japanese Germ Warfare in China 200,000
Rebelling Shia Killed by Saddam 300,000
US Bombing of Yugoslavia 300,000
US Bombing Iraq Water Supply '91 500,000
US Civil War 700,000
Iraq-Iran War 1,000,000
US sanctions on Iraq 1,000,000
US Backed Suharto 1,200,000
Irish Potato Famine 1,500,000
Japanese Democides 5,964,000
Famine of 1932-33 7,000,000
Bengal Famine of 1943 10,000,000
Famine in British India 30,000,000
US Intervention in the Congo 5,000,000
Hurricane Katrina 1,836
Indonesian Anti-Com. Purge 1,000,000
Stateless Capitalist Somalia 1,000,000
Industrial Revolution USA 100,000
1898 US War vs Philippine 3,000,000
Palestinians Killed by Israel 826,626
Guatemala 300,000
Nanking Massacre 300,000
Iraq (Selling Gas to Saddam) 400,000
Iraq (Desert Storm) 500,000
Invasion of the Philippines 650,000
Feudal Russia 1,066,000
Afghanistan 1,200,000
Iraq 1,300,000
Khmer Rouge 2,035,000
South African Apartheid 3,500,000
Nazi Holocaust 12,000,000
US Aggression on Latin America 6,000,000
Japanese Imperialism 6,000,000
Vietnam War - including Cambodia & Laos 10,000,000
Korean War 10,000,000
British Occupation of India 20,000,000
Great Depression (America alone) 12,000,000
World War One 16,500,000
World War Two 60,000,000
Native American Genocide 95,000,000
Capitalist Policy in India 1947 - 1990 120,000,000
African Slave Trade 150,000,000
US Backed murder of Tamils 30,000
Spanish-American War 100,000
Spanish Civil War 400,000
Union Carbide Bophal Disaster 15,000
Massacre of Paris Commune 20,000
First Indochina 1946-1954 1,500,000
Belgian Congo Colonization 1,000,000
French Madagascar 80,000
Nigerian Civil War 1,000,000
Rwandan Genocide 1,000,000
US Made Famine Bangladesh 100,000
Children Died fr Hunger '09 5,256,000
Children Killed by Hunger Since 9/11 235,000,000
Children Killed by Hunger during the 1990s 100,000,000
Ciggarette Related Deaths Worldwide (1960 - 2010) 300,000,000

Total Killed by Capitalism: 1,559,657,267

[Burn A Flag]

Damn, I'm looking for something more concise to put on a powerpoint but I may be able to incorporate some of that.

[Comrade1]

Damn, I'm looking for something more concise to put on a powerpoint but I may be able to incorporate some of that.
lol, hope it helped comrade

[Spawn of Stalin]

Who is the presentation for? If it's for liberals I'd go with the 60% of child deaths can be attributed to starvation, or one person per second dies from starvation, or whatever, then provide a direct link between capitalism and poverty, which isn't going to be difficult. Or how about telling them that if the richest 100 people in the country gave up half of their wealth, there wouldn't be a financial crisis any more, this is true for Britain, you would have to research and find out a figure for your own country but I imagine it's similar. Then there's the death toll thing but I think Comrade1 got that covered for you

[apawllo]

There's some pretty good/recent info here:

http://sociology.ucsc.edu/whorulesamerica/power/wealth.html

[Thirsty Crow]

This is not helpful. It is a compilation of events which are in no direct way brought into correlation with the workings of the capitalist system...

For instance, it would be very hard to conceive why, let's say, should a Polish postal worker accept uncritically that capitalism itself is "responsible" for the violence and deaths of the Second Boer War.

I'm afraid that the task is more serious and much harder.
You would have to explicitly explain each event and expose its underlying connection to class interests and dynamics of global capitalism (with all of its consequences).

[Broletariat]

http://www.rainreview.net/rain-040104.html

[ellipsis]

the US is 5% of teh world population, but consumes 25% of the natural resources and produces 25% of the waste. no source sorry

[CynicalIdealist]

Capitalism: Known True Evil
1.4 Billion Murdered

Second Boer War 75,000
Japanese Massacre of Singapore 100,000
Burma-Siam Railroad Construction 116,000
Japanese Germ Warfare in China 200,000
Rebelling Shia Killed by Saddam 300,000
US Bombing of Yugoslavia 300,000
US Bombing Iraq Water Supply '91 500,000
US Civil War 700,000
Iraq-Iran War 1,000,000
US sanctions on Iraq 1,000,000
US Backed Suharto 1,200,000
Irish Potato Famine 1,500,000
Japanese Democides 5,964,000
Famine of 1932-33 7,000,000
Bengal Famine of 1943 10,000,000
Famine in British India 30,000,000
US Intervention in the Congo 5,000,000
Hurricane Katrina 1,836
Indonesian Anti-Com. Purge 1,000,000
Stateless Capitalist Somalia 1,000,000
Industrial Revolution USA 100,000
1898 US War vs Philippine 3,000,000
Palestinians Killed by Israel 826,626
Guatemala 300,000
Nanking Massacre 300,000
Iraq (Selling Gas to Saddam) 400,000
Iraq (Desert Storm) 500,000
Invasion of the Philippines 650,000
Feudal Russia 1,066,000
Afghanistan 1,200,000
Iraq 1,300,000
Khmer Rouge 2,035,000
South African Apartheid 3,500,000
Nazi Holocaust 12,000,000
US Aggression on Latin America 6,000,000
Japanese Imperialism 6,000,000
Vietnam War - including Cambodia & Laos 10,000,000
Korean War 10,000,000
British Occupation of India 20,000,000
Great Depression (America alone) 12,000,000
World War One 16,500,000
World War Two 60,000,000
Native American Genocide 95,000,000
Capitalist Policy in India 1947 - 1990 120,000,000
African Slave Trade 150,000,000
US Backed murder of Tamils 30,000
Spanish-American War 100,000
Spanish Civil War 400,000
Union Carbide Bophal Disaster 15,000
Massacre of Paris Commune 20,000
First Indochina 1946-1954 1,500,000
Belgian Congo Colonization 1,000,000
French Madagascar 80,000
Nigerian Civil War 1,000,000
Rwandan Genocide 1,000,000
US Made Famine Bangladesh 100,000
Children Died fr Hunger '09 5,256,000
Children Killed by Hunger Since 9/11 235,000,000
Children Killed by Hunger during the 1990s 100,000,000
Ciggarette Related Deaths Worldwide (1960 - 2010) 300,000,000

Total Killed by Capitalism: 1,559,657,267

Sources? Israel's occupation of Palestine is fucking terrible, but have nearly 1 million Palestinians really died in the effort? Also, did 300,000 Yugoslavians really die to U.S. aggression, because I figured that many of them died to the Bosnian War as a whole and not just U.S. aggression?

Not doubting the horrors of capitalism, but I have my doubts about some of these claims.

[Bitter Ashes]

I know that you're in the USA, so I'm not sure how much help this is, but here's some stuff about the UK debt/defecit that's very topical at the moment.

UK goverment debt = £900bn source (http://www.debtbombshell.com/)
UK bank bailouts in since 2008 = £1,500bn source (http://robinhoodtax.org/how-it-works)

UK goverment defecit (the annual difference between income and expendature) = £150bn source (http://www.debtbombshell.com/)
Tax dodging = £120bn a year source (http://www.pcs.org.uk/en/news_and_events/news_centre/recent-news.cfm/id/D189CDCA-D405-4F3A-994AEF8053E4D1D6)
Unemployment benefits = £7bn a year source (http://www.ukpublicspending.co.uk/uk_year2010_0.html#ukgs30240)
Defence spending = £48.2bn a year Source (http://www.ukpublicspending.co.uk/uk_year2010_0.html#ukgs30230)
Criminal "justice" system = £11.5bn a year = source (http://www.ukpublicspending.co.uk/uk_year2010_0.html#ukgs30250)
Interest payments to wealthy capitalists = £30.9bn a year source (http://www.ukpublicspending.co.uk/uk_year2010_0.html#ukgs30250)

You get the idea...

The poor are not to blame for the debt, defecit, or even a meaningful contribition in either. Stick that up your austerity packages and smoke it!

Oh and for more general stuff about wealth inequality in the UK, check this out.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/jan/27/unequal-britain-report

[Pierre.Laporte]

More general information.

http://www.nber.org/papers/w8467.pdf

http://www.osjspm.org/101_wealth.aspx#12

[Imposter Marxist]

Capitalist Policy in India 1947 - 1990 120,000,000


Anyone with skype will join me in :laugh:

[Apoi_Viitor]

Anyone with skype will join me in :laugh:

Nah, if you attribute all the deaths in India that occurred due to hunger: be it starvation, malnutrition, disease caused by malnutrition, etc. you would probably get 120,000,000. If capitalists can do that for regimes such as Mao, why can't we do that to them?

[Quetzal]

Sources? Israel's occupation of Palestine is fucking terrible, but have nearly 1 million Palestinians really died in the effort? Also, did 300,000 Yugoslavians really die to U.S. aggression, because I figured that many of them died to the Bosnian War as a whole and not just U.S. aggression?

Not doubting the horrors of capitalism, but I have my doubts about some of these claims.

Me too!
Some are exaggerated i think, but some are understated.

For example: 'Belgian Congo Colonization 1,000,000'

I've learned in school, a Belgian one (!), that our (king's) colonial politics killed an estimated 10.000.000! Only the first 2 decades...

[Apoi_Viitor]

Me too!
Some are exaggerated i think, but some are understated.

For example: 'Belgian Congo Colonization 1,000,000'

I've learned in school, a Belgian one (!), that our (king's) colonial politics killed an estimated 10.000.000! Only the first 2 decades...

This is true. Under Leopard the indigenous population within the Congo Free State went from 30 million to 8 million.