georgephillip
Diamond Member
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?
Communism has murdered over 5 times as many and at least under capitalism, those people had the opportunity to survive. Unlike communism, which didn't offer their victims a choice.
German capitalists killed millions of socialists in Russia and Ukraine.Communism has murdered over 5 times as many and at least under capitalism, those people had the opportunity to survive. Unlike communism, which didn't offer their victims a choice.
Operation Barbarossa - Wikipedia
"The failure of Operation Barbarossa proved a turning point in the fortunes of the Third Reich.[25]
"Most importantly, the operation opened up the Eastern Front, in which more forces were committed than in any other theater of war in world history.
"The Eastern Front became the site of some of the largest battles, most horrific atrocities, and highest casualties (for Soviet and Axis forces alike), all of which influenced the course of both World War II and the subsequent history of the 20th century.
"The German armies captured 5,000,000 Red Army troops, who were denied the protection guaranteed by the Hague Conventions and the 1929 Geneva Convention.
"A majority of Red Army POWs never returned alive.
"The Nazis deliberately starved to death, or otherwise killed, 3.3 million prisoners of war, as well as a huge number of civilians (through the 'Hunger Plan' which aimed at largely replacing the Slavic population with German settlers).[26]
"Einsatzgruppen death-squads and gassing operations murdered over a million Soviet Jews as part of the Holocaust.[27]"
The National Socialists were "capitalists?"
You lying fuck.
Why did the National Socialists invade the USSR?The National Socialists were "capitalists?"
You lying fuck.