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Re:Remains found in China may belong to third human lineage by nradov on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @05:16PM (#37068535)
Communism is responsible for the deaths of over 100M people. Outside of a few remaining shitholes like Cuba and China we are all fortunate that communism has been tossed into the wastebin of history. We don't exactly have to be scared of it any more, but should be vigilant against any attempt at bringing it back.

https://victimsofcommunism.org/

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Re:Remains found in China may belong to third human lineage by JuanPosadas on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @11:44PM (#37071686)
That's nothing compared to the 20 million per year that died under capitalism.
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Re:Remains found in China may belong to third human lineage by spidersenses on Thursday August 10, 2023 @03:03AM (#37072914)
>That's nothing compared to the 20 million per year that died under capitalism.

Died at an old age, surrounded by loved ones? In contrast to Gulags, secret executions, and man-caused famines?

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Re:Remains found in China may belong to third human lineage by joenot443 on Thursday August 10, 2023 @09:35AM (#37075994)
I'm glad you mentioned that! Plenty of Wikipedia users much more knowledgable on the topic than you or I had a lengthy discussion on whether it makes sense to try and make such comparisons.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Mass_killings_under_commu...

The answer, as one would expect, is that it's an entirely pointless exercise, largely used as a coping mechanism for recovering communists.

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