- Jan 27, 2017
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1. The capitalist program insists that the response to the pandemic must prioritize saving the financial markets over saving lives.
The socialist program insists that the response to the pandemic must prioritize saving lives over saving the financial markets.
2. The capitalist program asserts that pandemic policy must be driven by profit interests.
The socialist program advocates that medical policy must be guided by science.
3. The capitalist program advocates a program of “herd immunity,” allowing the virus to spread with as few restrictions as possible while vaccinations are produced and distributed.
The socialist program calls for all measures to impede virus transmission until the necessary number of people to stop community spread of the virus have been inoculated.
4. The capitalist program insists, in accordance with its “herd immunity” strategy, that factories and other workplaces be kept open for business.
The socialist program insists that all nonessential workplaces be closed down until inoculated workers can safely return to their jobs.
5. The capitalist program demands that schools be reopened, claiming falsely that there is little risk to students and teachers.
The socialist program, based on scientific evidence that schools are a major source of virus transmission, demands that schools remain closed until the pandemic has been brought under control.
6. The capitalist program seeks to restrict social expenditures aimed at counteracting the economic impact of the pandemic on the great mass of the people, while demanding that central banks provide unlimited support for the financial markets and large corporations.
The socialist program demands full income compensation to workers and small businesses for the duration of the crisis. The resources for this critical social rescue plan will be obtained through the immediate restitution of the trillions of dollars extended to the large corporations under the provisions of the CARES Act, and the expropriation of the pandemic profiteers who have made tens of millions and even billions of dollars as a result of unlimited Federal Reserve support for the financial markets.
7. The capitalist program promotes a policy of vaccination nationalism, restricting and opposing equitable distribution of vaccines throughout the world.
The socialist program, recognizing that the coronavirus can be eradicated only through a scientifically directed international strategy, calls for a globally coordinated inoculation
The socialist program insists that the response to the pandemic must prioritize saving lives over saving the financial markets.
2. The capitalist program asserts that pandemic policy must be driven by profit interests.
The socialist program advocates that medical policy must be guided by science.
3. The capitalist program advocates a program of “herd immunity,” allowing the virus to spread with as few restrictions as possible while vaccinations are produced and distributed.
The socialist program calls for all measures to impede virus transmission until the necessary number of people to stop community spread of the virus have been inoculated.
4. The capitalist program insists, in accordance with its “herd immunity” strategy, that factories and other workplaces be kept open for business.
The socialist program insists that all nonessential workplaces be closed down until inoculated workers can safely return to their jobs.
5. The capitalist program demands that schools be reopened, claiming falsely that there is little risk to students and teachers.
The socialist program, based on scientific evidence that schools are a major source of virus transmission, demands that schools remain closed until the pandemic has been brought under control.
6. The capitalist program seeks to restrict social expenditures aimed at counteracting the economic impact of the pandemic on the great mass of the people, while demanding that central banks provide unlimited support for the financial markets and large corporations.
The socialist program demands full income compensation to workers and small businesses for the duration of the crisis. The resources for this critical social rescue plan will be obtained through the immediate restitution of the trillions of dollars extended to the large corporations under the provisions of the CARES Act, and the expropriation of the pandemic profiteers who have made tens of millions and even billions of dollars as a result of unlimited Federal Reserve support for the financial markets.
7. The capitalist program promotes a policy of vaccination nationalism, restricting and opposing equitable distribution of vaccines throughout the world.
The socialist program, recognizing that the coronavirus can be eradicated only through a scientifically directed international strategy, calls for a globally coordinated inoculation
Capitalism vs. socialism: The pandemic and the global class struggle
One year since the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a “Public Health Emergency of International Concern,” the response of the ruling class to the pandemic has led to the deaths of more than 2.2 million people.
www.wsws.org
