Posted by
Dean D. on Friday, December 19, 2008 10:58:49 PM
I laugh every time I hear the moronic mantra of the left: "Bush Lied, People Died". This coming from the followers of the mastermind of the greatest cause of death in the history of the world; Karl Marx. I do not believe anyone has ever been able to conclusively attribute an exact number of deaths caused by Marxism, Socialism and Communism but the totals must be staggering. All of these "ism's" have roots that trace their lineage back to this one man.
If you peruse an unrevised history book (if you can find one these days) you will see that within all of the above mentioned "ism's" you have an elite ruling class and a lower "worker" class. As
Mr. Vassar Bushmills points out in a recent blog post, the "ism's" elite rulers use privilege as the proverbial carrot on a stick to entice correct behavior or to punish incorrect behavior. When removing privileges is not sufficient to entice correct behavior, incarceration, labor camps and lastly, execution, are the historically preferred methods of dealing with dissidents.
Here are a few figures of deaths by genocide or mass murder attributed to various "ism's" I found courtesy of
R.J Rummel;
USSR - from 1917 to 1987---61,911,000 victims
Communist China - 38,702,000 victims
Cambodian Khmer Rouge - 2,400,000 victims
North Korea - 1,600,000 victims (average estimate, actual totals unknown)
Time spent viewing Mr. Rummel's website is very enlightening. He does list ALL cases of democide (death by government) including "legitimate wars".
My entire reason for this post is to point out how hypocritical it is for the current Leftists to shout their "Bush Lied, People Died" mantra. The followers of the ideologies of Karl Marx have caused an enormously greater amount of suffering and death through the administration of their preferred form of government. It is impossible to estimate how many lives were actually SAVED in Iraq through the intervention of Coalition forces but that is not a relevant issue for your average leftist lunatic. Acquiring power and privilege over the proletariat are the main goals of the leftist elite.
Marx Lied, MILLIONS Died!