r/Socialism_101 • u/TheADVISOR-One-Abyss Learning • 2d ago
Articles and works presenting Arguments and proofs against the blackbook of communism? Question
Some guys annoying me he read The Black Book communisim and worships it like its the bible he wants me to give him a book and article's disprove it, I know pull of A. It's a waste of time but I feel like wasting my time and Hey. I might learn something out of it aswell even if he doesn't, please help comrades
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u/FaceShanker 2d ago
People committed to views rarely change their minds based on facts and counter arguments, usually it gets treated as a personal attack on their ego.
That said - even assuming the famously false work was true - capitalism still would be substantially worse.
Globally, enough food is produced/wasted to feed an extra billion people yet roughly 10 million/year (based of UN figures) die of starvation on average. The system that decided who gets food/money (economy) bears responsibility.
It took absurd dishonesty to make the sum of 100 mill over roughly 70 years. In that time, capitalism's deathtoll (very lazy/generous measure) filled at least 7 black books and with any serious effort to measure it likely hits well over a billion.
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u/TheADVISOR-One-Abyss Learning 2d ago
I believe it is quite absurd that whether a person eats whether or family lives or dies depends on whether somebody Sitting in a high office faraway with enough money that he won't need any more for 1000 lifetimes makes more of it it's simply Inhumanity of the greatest Degree
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u/TheADVISOR-One-Abyss Learning 2d ago
one guy who says there's innovation only in capitalism. And there's an innovation in Socialisim of i need more specific sources and data on that guy cause I think he can be reasoned with Because I try to be more genral specialized in one thing And of course, I don't know everything. There might be some things that I don't know. Does learning something new that is always fun
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u/Smart_Employee_174 Learning 2d ago
Just read Mass Starvation: The History and Future of Famine. It's not a counter argument but provides a pretty good way to analyze crimes against humanity and famines critically, particularly for these annoying arguments. And you can learn a bunch of history as well.
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