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Re:Remains found in China may belong to third human lineage by misja111 on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @08:47AM (#37061838)
Sure, tell that to the relatives of the 4 million Ukrainians who died during Stalin's farming reforms, to the 2 million Chinese who died during the Cultural Revolution, or to the 2 million Cambodian victims under Pol Pot.
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Re:Remains found in China may belong to third human lineage by Kye on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @08:53AM (#37061903)
I could rattle off a list with similar numbers for capitalism (or proportional numbers for older systems), too. This does not persuade anyone who isn't already in the choir that your pet gripe is special.

Humans do horrible stuff to each other in the name of ideology. Systems are just one of the ways they rationalize it.

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Re:Remains found in China may belong to third human lineage by selectodude on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @11:48AM (#37064464)
No, you really couldn't.
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Re:Remains found in China may belong to third human lineage by etc-hosts on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @01:46PM (#37066183)
Pol Pot gained complete control because Kissinger and Nixon bombed Cambodia.
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Re:Remains found in China may belong to third human lineage by worrycue on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @10:47PM (#37071322)
> 2 million Chinese who died during the Cultural Revolution

Heavens know how many died during the Great Leap Forward. Estimates are between 30 million to 55 million.

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