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Not to forget about the Irish Potato Famine which is still denied as being man-made by governments (lemmy.ml)
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[–] slacktoid@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

But at least the British brought capitalism to India /s

For real tho, someone actually said that to me.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It takes stunning amounts of historical illiteracy for people to believe that capitalism is a beneficial system for humanity. Most people who promote capitalism have absolutely no idea what the actual effects of this system are.

[–] CannotSleep420@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It takes stunning amounts of historical illiteracy for people to believe that capitalism is a beneficial system for humanity.

This is made even worse when one of the go-to arguments against communists is that we don't know history, because if we did we'd know about the 100 gorillion vuvuzela no food etc. and hate it.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

we live in hell

[–] ImOnADiet@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 2 years ago

they'll just either call whataboutism or call you a tankie and explain why it's not capitalism's fault