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More Americans died in the Civil War than in all of America's other wars combined. From the French and Indian wars of the 1750's through the hostilities in Korea in the 1950's (with the exception of the Civil War), 606,000 American soldiers died in the line of duty. In the Civil War alone, over 618,000 men perished in four years of fighting.
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Originally posted by Mapraputa Is:
"The political orthodoxy that demonizes communism permeates the entire political perspective. Even people on the Left have internalized the liberal/conservative ideology that equates fascism and communism as equally evil totalitarian twins, two major mass movements of the twentieth century. This book attempts to show the enormous differences between fascism and communism both past and present, both in theory and practice, especially in regard to questions of social equality, private capital accumulation, and class interest.
The orthodox mythology also would have us believe that the Western democracies (with the United States leading the way) have opposed both totalitarian systems with equal vigor. In fact, U.S. leaders have been dedicated above all to making the world safe for global corporate investment and the private profit system. Pursuant of this goal, they have used fascist to protect capitalism, while claiming to be saving democracy from communism."
Michael Parenti. Blackshirts & Reds.
[ March 05, 2003: Message edited by: Mapraputa Is ]
Originally posted by herb slocomb:
Why do you continue with these comments? It has been demonstrated "ad nauseuam" in this thread that those murdered in the name of communism approximately equaled those murdered in the name of fascism. The motives and means were different, yes, but how important is that when you are overwhelmed with the stinking stench of millions of murdered corpses?
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Originally posted by Mapraputa Is:
Well, I guess it's the best approximation of what communism is about we can achieve... So be it.
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[ March 07, 2003: Message edited by: Mapraputa Is ]
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