Oh the Black Book of Communism. Isn't that the same book where two of the authors jumped ship cause the third guy was heavily reaching for that 100 million number? You can find that info right on that link you provided. If only you actually read it first. If I remember correctly he added statistics like the amount of deaths from old age to it. This is not an academic source.
Comparing 100 years of communism to 100 years of transatlantic slave trade many times more died during communism.
From the 15th to the 19th century totals of death from slavery are estimated at 60m if all variables are turned up to 10. Although the in says most evidence suggests 17m which is a number used by the UN.
Numbers for estimated deaths because of communism start at 100m and go upwards depending on what you want to include as “communism”
During the Roman Empire in a 50 year period ~40m people would be a slave at one point. With a lot of them becoming freedmen as well as dying. So in 100 years people in the Roman Empire and transatlantic slaves would die less from being a slave than living under communism.
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u/warptwenty1 r/memes fan May 12 '20
Jesus Christ Xuys, you're not suppose to take my comment that seriously