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This is an incredibly important fact that is often downplayed. We remember the Inquisition and the Vikings but they are small fry compared to Communists (and N
by eitland 5y ago
This is an incredibly important fact that is often downplayed.
We remember the Inquisition and the Vikings but they are small fry compared to Communists (and Nazis).
I'm not saying Communists are inherently evil - most of them are well meaning I think - but almost every single time it has been tried it has ended in genocide!
The one single exception I am aware of is the Israeli Kibbutz system.
Edit: communism has killed more people than nazism, probably because most people realize nazism is more or less pure evil while communism looks nice (edit:) on paper.
- WalterBright 5y agoThe Kibbutzen don't work, either. The Israeli government taxes the capitalist businesses in order to subsidize the deficits of the Kibbutzen.
- nwatson 5y agoWhat's the cost burden to Israel of the Kibbutzen vs the cost of supporting the ultra-conservative religious groups that don't serve in the military and rely (presumably) more heavily on welfare and other social subsidies?
- eitland 5y agoYou are probably right. And that is a good point too, it fails economically too. My original point was only that the Kibbutzen didn't end up massacring their inhabitants like almost every other communist experiment.
- CRConrad 5y agoOnly their neighbours.