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@IndigoCup

bankers and landlords starve people

There is no evidence and this doesn't even make sense, because they would lose money if their employees died

Collectivized farming is a failure and killed millions

But you're perfectly okay with this...?

Really makes you think ??

Ends justify the means. The USSR became a superpower under Stalin, with average lifespan and standard of living massively increasing.