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Can we count 1 billion deaths from capitalism? (lemmygrad.ml)
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The black book of communism inaccurately counts 100 million deaths and is widely cited by every anti communist even though it is blatantly false. Could we make a version that cites 10 times the amount of deaths to use as a reply whenever someone cites it. Preferably without using logic as bad as they use. Just think it would be useful to use in arguments.

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[–] FishLake@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Uh but actually you have to divide that 10 billion by the total number of people who have been born under capitalism since 1850 plus the number of potential offspring those 10 billion non-natural deaths would have had which is uhhh like 80 billion. So 10 billion divided by 80 billion is .125 for the true death rate. And if you divide the true death rate by the total amount of people who have ever lived, 117 billion, then you get the total number of deaths under capitalism. ~~So that .125~~Actually you round down to 0, divided by 117 billion.

Amazingly only 0 people have ever died under capitalism. Even if you multiply that result by 60, you still get 0. Truly capitalism is the most perfect, logical economic system ever created. Go ahead, check my math, tankies.

[–] haui@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Wow. Some people are so good at impersonating capitalists, it gives me goosebumps. Have you studied capitalist cultism (economics) or something?

[–] FishLake@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 5 days ago

Nah that’s just the product of the good ‘ol American educational system