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Still better death than being dragged out of house in the middle of night to work in gulag and end up getting shot in the back of ones head.

In this nasty capitalism you can at least have hope, in soviet union there was no hope.

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>In this nasty capitalism you can at least have hope, in soviet union there was no hope.

Any evidence to back either of these claims up?

Yes. Go read The Gulag Archipelago. The ignorance of those comparing Stalinist USSR to modern capitalism is astounding.

I think the ignorance is on you for not knowing the USA & allies version of Capitalism has killed far more people since WW2 than Stalin could've ever dreamed of, most of those wars unjustified and based on lies. Now add in poverty, drug addiction, preventable deaths from lack of health insurance, slave trade in Libya, refugees from wars we created, etc. This is far more destructive, but it's ok to not criticize it because you probably live cozy.

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