Ask LemmyEnglish • 8 months ago

How do folks bemoaning the lack of a global communist revolution in the 1910s reconcile that with the mass starvations that happened in the two largest communist countries?

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How do folks bemoaning the lack of a global communist revolution in the 1910s reconcile that with the mass starvations that happened in the two largest communist countries?

Ask LemmyEnglish • 8 months ago

Having large numbers of people starve to death seems like a pretty damning indictment of a system. But I dunno, maybe I’m overly attached to food?

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The mass starvation wasn’t because of communism it was because of bad science.

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