Tag: inequality

  • Economic inequality and mental health

    Economic inequality and mental health

    Economic inequality has grown worldwide, creating deep social and financial divisions. As the gap between the rich and poor continues to widen, economic opportunities shrink for many, and psychological well-being deteriorates. Mental health issues, including anxiety, depression, and severe psychiatric disorders, have become more prevalent as a result. In countries with high inequality, mental health…

  • Communists have been torturing back then. What about now?

    Contrary to the common population’s opinion I am the biggest enemy of torture. Speaking of 2021 it is still prevalent at a colossal scale (notably in developing countries). In Czechoslovakia in the 1950s state-organized torture was extremely prevalent. Around 100 thousand people were imprisoned. Then the trend has started to reverse. In the 1980s two…

  • Were hunter-gathering groups more equal than nowadays capitalism?

    Some right-winger gladly points out the inequality was greater in the Middle Ages. Not only it is not the truth but we live in ages with unprecedented inequality (arguably with 19th-century capitalism). Yes, there is scientific and technological progress that has helped billions of people out of poverty and heightened their life expectancy. The Westerners…