Communists killed more than 100 millions worldwide, not thousands.
China - 61 million victims (and counting).
USSR - 36-37 million victims (25 million of them are Ukrainians).
North Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, etc.
I'll happily choose communism over such an incredibly unjust system, even if it caused "100 million" deaths worldwide, as you say. That number is complete BS, by the way.
- [0]: https://www.un.org/en/chronicle/article/losing-25000-hunger-...
Massive food surplus is a feature of efficient market economies. By rejecting it on ideological grounds, it should come as no surprise that countries like Afghanistan or North Korea end up with hunger.
Their development into modern countries would free others from the burden of having to provide food and other aid to their starving citizens.
Ever wondered why goods are affordable in our "modern market economies"?
It's because we exploit labor and resources in poorer countries, at a fraction of what it would cost here, to produce cheap goods.
So what do you think is going to happen the day that all poorer countries have developed into "modern market economies" and we can't exploit them like we do today? You realize that our economies would have to change completely?
Of course we do, tovarisch.
Nice argument you got there; it really shows your unwillingness to see things for what they are. Keep living the dream, no worries, there is no exploitation in the world, and your lifestyle is entirely moral.
Holodomor (genocide of Ukrainians by USSR) was planned for 8 years, and then carefully executed, while nobody plans deaths of starvation because of overpopulation.
https://holodomormuseum.org.ua/en/the-history-of-the-holodom...
I cannot find detailed history of Holodomor translated to English language. However, nothing special here: physical elimination of richer people is the corner stone of communism ideology. Communists did the same in all captured countries.
Now you're making it sound like a good thing though...