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Communist Filth/Capitalist Filth (lemmy.ml)
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[–] -2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

The USSR and China were pretty developed at the time of their mass starvations.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    US. Samesies. Forced starvation during the trail of tears.

    We can play the 'Whataboutthis" game if you want.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    That was an intentional genocide. Do you think that is somehow exclusive to capitalism?

    Nearly all famines are cause by war, natural disasters, or intentional ethnic cleansing.

    There are only a handful of examples in which famine was caused by poor economic decisions and nearly all of the modern examples were by communist governments trying to dictate the price of food.

    I'm not even advocating for capitalism. But I'm also not going to sit here and ignore history. China, even today, is dependent on food imports from capitalist countries.

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