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However, in the ‘60s, the national health conditions were dire. Italy had an average was of one death in the workplace per hour and one accident per minute (by comparison, today there are 3 deaths per day and 800.000 accidents per year). So in the ‘60s, as the country was undergoing massive industrialization, the idea of a “class war” was really a reality that workers could witness every day. And these were only numbers linked to direct deaths at work, without taking into consideration the indirect effects of environmental degradation and chronic conditions that begun to flare up at the time.
## What is the opposite of health?
# What is the opposite of health?
David Harvey remarked that under capitalism, to be healthy is defined simply by the ability to perform labour - this is why people need a doctor’s note to certify that they are sick so they can skip work. However, many do not agree with this narrow definition.