23-07-2010, 11:48 AM
Somewhere there are the figures for the post Soviet mortality rates. I don't have them handy but they were quite staggering. Decades of improvements in all health indicators, maternal/infant deaths, life expectancy etc. All plummeted like a stone in water after the collapse of the Soviet states. Capitalism and for profit basic services are definitely bad for human health.
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"He would, wouldn't he?" Mandy Rice-Davies. When asked in court whether she knew that Lord Astor had denied having sex with her.
“I think it would be a good idea” Ghandi, when asked about Western Civilisation.