Comment on Lemmy's gaining popularity, so I thought new people should see this.
JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 2 days agoBy no reasonable definition of the word “liberalism” has it caused those things on a scale remotely approaching that of communism. This is not controversial.
Edie@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
Has it not? Has it not caused the death of 1 million people in Indonesia? Has it not caused 7 million excess deaths due to “shock-therapy” in Russia alone? Has it not caused the brutality, violence and oppression of the “dictatorships” that the CIA installed in Latin America? Has it not caused countless Famines? Has it not caused the economic ruin of Africa and Latin America?