Our conversations are going to go downhill rapidly if you're going to use mass murder in Iraq as a legitimate argument.
The retardation of the entire world is glaring right now ... W. Europe doesn't have a corner market on that commodity.
You can't be serious.
Capitalism did kill more.
You can thank the British Empire mostly for that.
They probably killed more than Nazism & Communism combined by famine.
(Capitalist famines)
(British Empire)
- British Raj India, 60 million dead by British colonial famine.
- British controlled Ireland, 1 million dead by British colonial famine.
- British controlled Scottish Highlands, 0.2 million dead by British colonial famine.
- British controlled Persia in WW1, 2 million dead by famine & disease.
- British blockade of Germany in WW1 0.6 million dead by famine.
(French empire)
- French controlled Vietnam 2 million starved by famine.
(USA / Saudi )
- Yemen blockade, 0.23 dead so far by famine.
So, about 65 million dead by Capitalist famine.
Now onto Socialists.
(Nazis) a hybrid of Capitalism & Communism.
- 600,000 Jews died of famine in Nazi German ghettos.
- 3.3 million Soviet POW's died of famine in Nazi custody.
- 9 million Soviet civilians died of famine & disease by Nazi war efforts.
So, about 13 million died of Nazis by famine & disease.
(Soviets)
- Holodomor / Soviet famine of 1932 - 1933 about 5 million dead.
- Volga Famine 5 million dead.
- Soviet Famine of the 1940's up to 1 million dead.
So, 11 million for Soviets.
( Communist China)
15 - 30 million in the 1959- 1961 Great Chinese famine.
(Communist North Korea)
0.2 - 3 million in the 1997 Famine.
So, even if I use the biggest numbers.
30 for Communist China + 13 million for Nazis, 11 million for Soviets, and 3 million for North Korea Communists.
= 57 million.
So, actually Capitalism has killed about 8 million more than Socialists had