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More people died when communism collapsed in Russia than from WWII [0]. It seems communism kills much fewer people prematurely than does capitalism for any give
by buzzkillington 7y ago
More people died when communism collapsed in Russia than from WWII [0]. It seems communism kills much fewer people prematurely than does capitalism for any given society it has been tried in. I can only imagine the utopia it would be when tried in a country that isn't a third world hell hole.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Russia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Russia
- rayiner 7y agoThat only follows if you factor out the negative effect of the government collapsing, which tends to impair prosperity indicators regardless of how bad the government previously was. (E.g. Iraq or Syria.)