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Government (university) administrators can be (forced to be) heartless capitalists too, you know.


or maybe capitalism isn't the only "heartless" economic system. Central planning bureaucrats have been responsible for far more suffering globally than any capitalist ever has.


fair point - how about we call bad people bad people for doing bad things, whatever their political misconceptions?

There are plenty of examples of humans being mean to each other in pretty much every setting. America's allergic reaction to public healthcare is an example of a systemic/cultural cause of significant unnecessary suffering[1]. Sure historically communists have done much worse, and indeed still are in North Korea, but that's not much of a target to beat.

[1] http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jun/17/nhs-health




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