• freshfusion@discuss.tchncs.de
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    20 hours ago

    Fascist and colonial states atrocities are widely documented in Wikipedia, countries that we consider capitalist probably too. I recently stumbled across Belgian atrocities in Congo reading Wikipedia by accident. It motivated me to read more about it in the future, maybe “Heart of darkness” (while not exactly historical, it still seems like a good critique. By the way is it a good novel?).

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      19 hours ago

      True.

      But there does not seem to be an equivalent page for ‘Mass killings in capitalist regimes’

      Even if it is documented, does it not show that how it is organised currently has an imbalance, likely from Anti-communist propaganda, things like red scare etc?

      So, cannoted be unbiased, right? My focus was on that. There is no unbiased source, but only ones which acknowledge biases and maybe try to ensure that the biases do not affect the quality of the source too much.

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        19 hours ago

        there’s a mass anti-communist killings page, but that doesnt seem to explain how capitalism is anti-communism…

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        19 hours ago

        But there does not seem to be an equivalent page for ‘Mass killings in capitalist regimes’

        You can create that page. Don’t forget to cite your sources and link to them or it will be deleted.

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          11 hours ago

          It’s so fucking stupid that you don’t think anyone has tried this. And so fucking arrogant that you don’t even bother you check before mouthing off.

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          16 hours ago

          No! You can’t expect them to behave! They need to use blogs and disrecredited historians for citations!!! FACTS ARE CIA!!!

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            9 hours ago

            No! You can’t deny the holy scripture! The tankies are at fault when we lose, for not believing hard enough!!! CIA ARE FACTS!!!

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            11 hours ago

            “My sources are ‘facts’ because they say so! Your sources are ‘discredited’ because mine say so!”

            A perfectly circular chain of reasoning

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      17 hours ago

      Might I recommend King Leopold’s Ghost if you want a straight up history book of the Belgian Congo. No shade against Heart of Darkness, I think that’s a worthwhile read; but reading KLG first will give you more context to appreciate HoD. Or maybe read it after, idk, up to you