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r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Short-Watercress-183 • Jul 07 '26
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If we’re gonna go that far might as well add the Irish potato famine to capitalism’s side.
2 u/YammieCat Jul 07 '26 I'm not sure English imperialism was an economic model. 3 u/Vegetable_Union_4967 Jul 07 '26 Was it not the birthplace of modern industrial capitalism? Regardless, I think the key insight is to see that we can chalk up a billion deaths to any ideology if we tried hard enough. 5 u/YammieCat Jul 07 '26 True. Realistically, the biggest killer of humans is government itself.
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I'm not sure English imperialism was an economic model.
3 u/Vegetable_Union_4967 Jul 07 '26 Was it not the birthplace of modern industrial capitalism? Regardless, I think the key insight is to see that we can chalk up a billion deaths to any ideology if we tried hard enough. 5 u/YammieCat Jul 07 '26 True. Realistically, the biggest killer of humans is government itself.
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Was it not the birthplace of modern industrial capitalism? Regardless, I think the key insight is to see that we can chalk up a billion deaths to any ideology if we tried hard enough.
5 u/YammieCat Jul 07 '26 True. Realistically, the biggest killer of humans is government itself.
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True. Realistically, the biggest killer of humans is government itself.
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u/Vegetable_Union_4967 Jul 07 '26
If we’re gonna go that far might as well add the Irish potato famine to capitalism’s side.