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That's nothing compared to the 20 million per year that died under capitalism.



>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?


I'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_commu...

The answer, as one would expect, is that it's an entirely pointless exercise, largely used as a coping mechanism for recovering communists.




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