Lesh
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What you ignore is that in most cases (the countries forced into communism following WWII being the exception) where communism (not socialism) arose...it was because of the FAILURE of unregulated capitalism or systems very like those (Russia)
People didn't just say "Hey let's try this".
Life sucked. Look up serfdom in Russia.
That's not a defense in the least...it's an explanation
So which has been responsible for the deliberate murders of hundreds of millions of people throughout history? Unregulated capitalism, or communism and socialism?
Chose wisely now...
Capitalism got a head start in mass killing:So which has been responsible for the deliberate murders of hundreds of millions of people throughout history? Unregulated capitalism, or communism and socialism?
Chose wisely now...
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"But what caused the Great Depression? Capitalism — the speculative frenzy and inequality of the rip-roaring 1920s.
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"We’re getting into some spectacular numbers, aren’t we? Let’s take the middle one, just for conservatism’s sake. We’re already at about 70 million."
If Communism Killed Millions, How Many Did Capitalism Kill?
Socialism is pure evil
Socialism is pure evil?
That's disturbing because we are a socialist/capitalist nation
You know what the VA is right?
We know you think Social Security and Medicare should be destroyed...but that's you so...