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What are some anti-socialist arguments you hear which were refuted a long time ago in a book or speech? (lemmy.ml)
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I'm going to make a compilation, so specifically mention the work which answered the question. Bonus points for a direct link or quotation of a paragraph or two which directly refute the argument.

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[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That's so broad, it's hard to immediately think of any. The common 100 million number is refuted by the Black Book of Communism itself, though, considering some of the writers disavowwed it and Conquest includes literal Nazis killed during World War II as "victims of communism," before you get into falsifications.

[–] ClassIsOver@hexbear.net 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Hakim had a great video about that pretty recently, and he barely had to try to both refute the 100 mil number and come up with 200 mil deaths under capitalism.