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Protestation (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 1 month ago by protestation@discuss.tchncs.de to c/communism@lemmy.ml

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[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Communism didn't kill the people so much as Stalin's habit of killing people who disappointed or disagreed with him led to massive falsification of scientific data and crop yields.

[–] anonymous111@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Communism created food shortages that resulted in people dying.

Sources for 3x communist countries;

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_famine_of_1930%E2%80%931933

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Chinese_Famine

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Period

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I've explained elsewhere why the first two happened. The third was in large part due to the US blockade of Cuba.

[–] anonymous111@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

My 100% rebuttal is also explained elsewhere.