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Originally posted by bilmore
Pol Pot had a good life, at least.
(If you want to speak of the millions in VN and C that died in the purges, intentional starvations, and mass cleansings in both countries, keep going. But I'd walk away from this argument were I you.)
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Thanks, but I'm comfortable where I am. Spanky's assertion was that communism never leads to elections, authoritarianism does, and by implication a higher standard of living, a chicken in every pot and a car in every garage. I never argued with his examples. My point, which you obviously missed, is that I don't see any correlation between the philosphy of a regime and quality of life. Communistic regimes perpetrated horrific crimes. So did non-communistic authoritarian regimes. Some communistic regimes are doing better than some authoritarian regimes in some measures. Some authoritarian regimes have a long history of no free elections (Singapore), but the people are in general doing okay. The correlation isn't there.
