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wing-_-nutstoday at 2:49 PM1 replyview on HN

Man I always love the straw men you guys stand up to fight this. More taxes = socialism, and not nordic socialism, no, actually, communism. Therefore mass death / genocide. Ok. Sure jan.


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philipallstartoday at 3:13 PM

Nordics are not socialist[0]. Socialism is central planning and control, sometimes created out of mass killings[1] [2], and often creating many deaths just from incompetent central mismanagement[2] [3] or grisly bureacratic rules[4].

[0] https://www.investors.com/politics/commentary/denmark-tells-...

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excess_mortality_under_Joseph_...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khmer_Rouge

[3] https://historyincharts.com/chinese-death-totals-great-leap-...

[4] https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-34667551

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