Meanwhile 50,000 children die unnecessarily of starvation and preventable diseases every day and 100 million children suffer protein deficiencies that threaten mental retardation. Capitalism has climbed on the charts. It is now number one with a bullet. But capitalism is not only theft, it is also murder. Capitalism's chart, apparently, belongs in the post office.
Celebration is premature.
And capitalism treats the earth with abandon too. Asbestos, carbon monoxide, formaldehyde, lead, nitrogen oxide, pesticides, radon, tobacco smoke, and organic gases from paints, solvents, aerosol sprays, and disinfectants corrupt the environment where we live and work and thereby reduce the quality of our health and our longevity. Waste dumps threaten our water and air. Acid rain depletes forest life. The greenhouse effect threatens all life.