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tempfileyesterday at 12:44 PM3 repliesview on HN

In the spirit of fairness I have to note the untold deaths caused by non-socialist countries in Cambodia, Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, pretty much every country in South America...


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throw10920today at 4:06 AM

Uh, the point was that a single ideology caused deaths due to socialism. Unless you think that there's a single ideology that caused all of the deaths in the countries you mentioned, then this isn't "in the spirit of fairness", it's just misrepresentation.

squigzyesterday at 12:50 PM

Or even Western nations like America and Canada? How many people die every year from preventable causes? To exposure? To suicide?

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socoyesterday at 12:53 PM

Last century non-socialist governments caused untold deaths in many Western countries, starting with Germany for a better known example, but the entire list is quite long. So could it be that it wasn't socialism the problem?

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