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Communism’s body count (so far): 55 million - China 20 million - USSR 2 million - Cambodia 2 million - North Korea 1 million - Vietnam 100k - Latin America T
by sn0w_crash 4y ago
Communism’s body count (so far):
55 million - China
20 million - USSR
2 million - Cambodia
2 million - North Korea
1 million - Vietnam
100k - Latin America
There have been few ideas tested at such massive scale as extensively as this and delivered such horrible outcomes.
Yet when brought up to its adherents you’ll often hear “that wasn’t real communism” or “ideology doesn’t kill people” or “because capitalist nations intervened” or something else off a laundry list of excuses.
I’m a huge fan of Lex but I’ll pass on this religion and I’m not interested in over-analyzing it.
- CrackerNews 4y agoSure, but the other systems can also be considered religions with their own atrocities. With the way things are going, I would think it to be prudent to analyze why things happen and what was the good and what was the bad.