Probably the most true post in this entire community.
Even a stopped clock is right twice a day
What about Pole Pot!?
Pail Pot
No, it’s spelt Paul Paht.
Trofim Lysenko killed the most people under Communism, through famine. Most of the deaths under communism have been due to famines and misconceptions about farming.
…and more were killed by Capitalism in the Belgian Congo and by The British East India company alone. Both of which were run as Capitalist ventures.
“Misconceptions about farming” isn’t really accurate though. The farmers knew how to make food, but in both Russia and China, at least, the central government decided bullshit was as good as science and fucked around with a working system.
That being said, America also fucked up their soil so bad that they created a dustbowl with a non-zero deathtoll, and modern western farming practices are also fucking up the climate via algae blooms, pollinator killing pesticides and just straight up spewing diesel exhaust.
I’ve been listening to The Fall of Civilizations podcast (it’s really good, especially if you enjoy history). I just finished an ep yesterday on the Norse colonies on Greenland and it talked about the destructive farming that occurred before they were abandoned. This was ~13th-14th centuries when they went dark. It’s not an uncommon problem, though centuries of progress make it harder to excuse / understand in the 20th.
Anyway, fascinating stuff. I wonder how we’ll be talked about in the next millennium (assuming a miracle and humanity lasts that long).
“Even when they saw the plastics in their own blood, they continued making plastics.”
the central government decided bullshit was as good as science
The problem was that they thought Lysenkoism was science. Obviously, plants would grow according to Marxist ideology because why wouldn’t they?
It didn’t help that Lysenko started off being right. It turns out that planting some seeds deeper does increase yields!
Clearly we should double the depth!
Reactionary plants
Capitalism brought us Brawndo, which will kill all the crops eventually.
It’s what patriotic plants crave!
Critical support
Mow
He ruled Chiner
Mow ze lawn
Chairman Meow
Not very funny meow, is it?
I found a pic of Curl Mark, Mow, PoPo Pot
Ah yes, that well-known communist Carl Mark.
And his fierce rival, Chairman Mow.
Who unfortunately died cutting his tenant’s grass.
CARL MARK
Infmous socialsit.
Oh hi Mark
He killed a billion peolle. Certainly you’ve heard of him.
Caaarrl, that kills people!
CARL!
Looks like InsanePeopleLemmy…
Ahh, so that’s where the phrase “Mowed them down” came from.
“I know absolutely dick about shit yet I still have an opinion.”
That has to be satire…
I’m about 90% certain this is a satirical post.
I’d say 100% because while funny, the insane person not even knowing how to write the names but has learned enough to know about the landlord thing? Nah
