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Originally Posted by torque2me
Yeah, wars do knock-off a small percentage with WWII being one of the most costly in lives. I cannot remember the "official" total figure but the USSR was 20 mil, The Holocaust 6 mil, China (quite a lot) ect., ect. However, disease annually takes a bigger toll (malaria for instance). Deaths from traffic accidents are also a underlooked toll. The USA had more road traffic deaths than KIA in the Vietnam war on an annual basis. Demonstrations galore against the war but nery a peep about the higher toll.
Kev
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The true cost of Communism in total far exceeds any of these, well over 100 million and still counting. The Gulags of the USSR made a significant contribution.