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Unbiased = Confirming my biases (thelemmy.club)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Perennial_sources

You can notice a bias towards the state media from pro-capitalist regimes from the above.

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[–] 48 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

That's probably because most mass killings under capitalist regimes are just generally called "mass killings". They are your regular, run of the mill mass killings that aren't really newsworthy and that we are accustomed to.

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  • [–] 14 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

    Yeah dude just regular mass killings that happen every day

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  • [–] 8 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

    My previous comment was very cynical, but when you think about it communism is the historical anomaly. Sure you can point to the Mass killings wikipedia page, but you can also do that with other topics and they also are separated into "XY under communism" and "XY" articles. XY could be stuff like "Economy", "Urban development", "Housing" or "Worker's rights". It's just a convention wikipedia seems to adhere to.

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  • [–] 16 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    In what way is communism a historical anomaly in a manner that capitalism does not fit into? Both are part of the same historical development process.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    It's an anomaly in the sense that it was present in high gear for around 70 years in the 20th century and most people (who are likely to read wikipedia) probably don't live in it right now. That's my one and only reason for calling it that.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 weeks ago

    I suppose I can see that logic, but capitalism too is a historical anomaly, and will too become a part of history while socialism and eventually communism becomes dominant. Framing it this way is a viewpoint that sees capitalism more as static and unchanging than anything else.

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