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[โ€“] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 4 points 17 hours ago

There's pretty much no evidence the USSR's famine in the 1930s was intentional. Moreover, it was the last major famine outside of war time in a country that had regular and common famines before collectivization.

As for this being "the most peaceful time in history," that's wrong, and is Neoliberal propaganda. The US Empire is still propping up genocide around the world, and expropriating the fruits of the labor of the Global South.

As for 1 example out of "many counter-examples," can you legitimately link Capitalism itself to LGBTQ rights? The USSR had better treatment of queer folk than the modern Russian Federation, one of the PRC's most famous celebrities is openly trans, queer rights advance more quickly in countries where the working class has control. Consider reading Leslie Feinberg's Lavender & Red | Audiobook