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malthaussen

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9. One curiosity I've always found about apologists for capitalism

Reply to Victor_c3 (Reply #6)

Mon Jan 14, 2013, 01:55 PM

Jan 2013

... is that they point to the post-war "progress" made by the US and the USSR as illuminating the superiority of capitalism, while totally ignoring the devastation wrought on the USSR during WWII. Not just in population killed, but in destruction of infrastructure, industries, power... the USSR was in a deep hole after WWII, and they did not receive Marshall Plan assistance.

-- Mal

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Untold History: Stalin, the Soviet Union and WWII [View all] geefloyd46 Jan 2013 OP

I don't know... naaman fletcher Jan 2013 #1

Near as I can tell we killed more Native People than he did others. jtuck004 Jan 2013 #3

The same can be said of many dictators. malthaussen Jan 2013 #2

Good post. naaman fletcher Jan 2013 #5

I'm very interested in this period of history and Stalin and Hitler Victor_c3 Jan 2013 #6

I found the documentary I was talking about Victor_c3 Jan 2013 #7

One curiosity I've always found about apologists for capitalism malthaussen Jan 2013 #9

bull shit Botany Jan 2013 #4

What part of "Stalin's policies probably killed more people than Hitler's" malthaussen Jan 2013 #8

Look up Holodomor Botany Jan 2013 #11

What we have here is failure to communicate. malthaussen Jan 2013 #12

sorry Botany Jan 2013 #13

For a moment I thought those were dead children from our own coalfields in the 1900's, but jtuck004 Jan 2013 #10

6-0 to keep this post. nt msanthrope Jan 2013 #14

I should hope so! malthaussen Jan 2013 #15

geefloyd46 Diclotican Jan 2013 #16