Article discreditng the thesis that Mao "killed millions of people" in The Great Leap

[kandrathe]

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Black markets, brothels, and drug cartels ARE all part of and directly a resullt of the capitalist system and neo-colonialism. Whether these things are legal or not, is not the point here. The point is, like endeavors done in 'normal' markets, they are done for profit.
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This quote is enough to de-rail everything else you wrote. It is pure fantasy. Research Beijing black markets, or prostitution. But, that's right. We're not talking about *real* places. We're talking about the communist fantasy land that never has, and never will exist. There always was, and always will be greed inside people, no matter how many prisons, gulags, or retraining camps you make. You cannot beat "orderly communist" into people, or greed out of them. In fact, prisons are about the most free-market place you will find. Everything is illegal, so the market is level. Which, by the way, is why the Soviet Union, China, Cuba, and every other communist hell hole ever made in the *real* world is ruled by tyrannical fear.

"At the Liyuan Dog Market, the largest canine bazaar in China, animals are often mistreated and sometimes die just a week after purchase, but dog lovers have few other options when they want to buy a pet."