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That's nothing compared to the 20 million per year that died under capitalism.
by JuanPosadas 3y ago
That's nothing compared to the 20 million per year that died under capitalism.
- spidersenses 3y ago>That's nothing compared to the 20 million per year that died under capitalism. Died at an old age, surrounded by loved ones? In contrast to Gulags, secret executions, and man-caused famines?
- joenot443 3y agoI'm glad you mentioned that! Plenty of Wikipedia users much more knowledgable on the topic than you or I had a lengthy discussion on whether it makes sense to try and make such comparisons. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Mass_killings_under_communist_regimes#Mass_killings_by_capitalist_authoritarian_governments https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Mass_killings_under_commu... The answer, as one would expect, is that it's an entirely pointless exercise, largely used as a coping mechanism for recovering communists.