Comments by "buddermonger2000" (@buddermonger2000) on "The Death Toll of Capitalism" video.

How does that even make sense??
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"Why is it capitalism's fault though?" is a section that is so wrong I don't even know where to begin and also doesn't work when going back in time or taking a broader look at time and how the world actually works. I'm stunned.
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@legobros2020 no lol
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@davidegaruti2582 I had a stroke while reading this. And I'm going to be honest with you the first issue that came was calling the native Americans a genocide because it wasn't in any terms. Second I'm 90% sure war deaths aren't counted in the wars under communism. The famines under communism only come due to being man-made. The slave trade was interrupted during that time and saying for 3 centuries assumes it stopped in the 1860s which is a strange position to take especially since their trade across all but very few parts of the world stopped long before that, however the ottomans continued until into the 1900s so I guess you can play with the numbers somewhat. And a few other things that require me to read more of your post that I really don't care to respond to because it requires me to copy this this whole response, then erase it, to paste it back so I can read what you wrote. The biggest thing however is that all of these actions of these governments were made in the name of communism. They used it as the justification which is why the numbers can be justified. You can count the tally of those killed in the name of religions and ideologies of which communism falls into the latter category. Trying to count the tally as those which were created while just simply adhering to it in parts of their lives just isn't the same comparison. Honestly the closest thing you get are wars for the sake of business. That you can justify. Other than that, you really can't.
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How would the Holodomor or the red terror be caused by war?? How was the killing of the kulaks killed by war??
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@cageybee7221 Considering they were still exporting the grain and still taking it from the local peasants it kind of doesn't hold up to scrutiny as the main source. As contributing factors they certainly are part of it, but the Soviet policies in place exacerbated the problem even more. Though hey at least you know your history in blaming the kulaks as a cheap scapegoat which faced further killing as a result.
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@cageybee7221 Nope. 1.73 million tons were exported in 1932 and 1.68 million in 1933 with Soviet reserves over 1.8 million. In comparison only 320k went to Ukraine in "aid" of which like you said... not all made it. By all metrics it was a man-made famine and one which was exacerbated by taking it more from the population there which was starving as well as other misprioritizations
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@cageybee7221 "Shapoval and Vasilev, 2001: 104-105; Werth, 2003" from the website I got it from. Btw it's worth noting that the deflection of both sides falls flat when you realize that this was in 1932 and 1933 well after it had finished. The food was being taken from the Ukrainiane during the famine as it was being diverted elsewhere mostly into the cities. It's also in no way a gross distortion as the whole thing started in the first place due to ignoring weather conditions and assuming harvests would be better. This is combined by a switch to more cash crops and reduction in the grain planned. This was also all from the collectivization policies which had started in order to try to get more workers to the cities. btw here's the sources from the bibliography of that page Shapoval, I. and V. Vasilev, 2001, Komandiry velykoho holodu: Poïzdky V. Molotova i L. Kaganovycha v Ukraïnu ta na pivnichnyi Kavkaz, 1932-1933, Kyiv. Werth, N., 2003, “Une famine méconnue: La famine kazakhe de 1931-1933”, Communisme, 74-75: 8-42.
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How so? And what do you trade for the alternative?
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@w0t_m818 This is the stupidest thing I've ever heard and it's from the man who persecuted all competiting ideologies, started the process of limiting all free thought, and was sent by the Germans to destabilize the Russian Empire so it could close a front. You should read some RJ Rummel
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