Since the USSR is accused of killing millions of people, the default assumption then is that the US, Britain, France, Germany, Japan, and the other countries which make up the imperialist powers of the world have killed zero people
— Dr. Asatar Bair (@asatarbair) June 28, 2021

recent excuse for imperialist aggression, the ‘War on Terror’. The US killed perhaps 2.5 million people in Vietnam, yet we are taught to say it was 59,000. The US killed another 3-5 mil in Korea; that we don’t even bother commenting on
— Dr. Asatar Bair (@asatarbair) June 28, 2021

recent excuse for imperialist aggression, the ‘War on Terror’. The US killed perhaps 2.5 million people in Vietnam, yet we are taught to say it was 59,000. The US killed another 3-5 mil in Korea; that we don’t even bother commenting on
— Dr. Asatar Bair (@asatarbair) June 28, 2021

recent excuse for imperialist aggression, the ‘War on Terror’. The US killed perhaps 2.5 million people in Vietnam, yet we are taught to say it was 59,000. The US killed another 3-5 mil in Korea; that we don’t even bother commenting on
— Dr. Asatar Bair (@asatarbair) June 28, 2021

How do we know that peoples’ lives were better under socialism? Well we could look at literally any measure of human well-being that social science has. All of them, from caloric intake, to life expectancy, to infant mortality, to literacy, to absolute poverty, etc show
— Dr. Asatar Bair (@asatarbair) June 28, 2021

Folks, the bourgeoisie has tried to fool us into thinking that socialism is the great killer and oppressor of humanity. No, we will not be fooled. That dubious crown is held by capitalism.
— Dr. Asatar Bair (@asatarbair) June 28, 2021

The sooner we overturn this system -- ‘soaked in blood and dirt’ as Marx put it -- the better off all of humanity will be
— Dr. Asatar Bair (@asatarbair) June 28, 2021

The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters #164

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