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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Perennial_sources

You can notice a bias towards the state media from pro-capitalist regimes from the above.

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[–] Cypher@aussie.zone 22 points 1 day ago (10 children)

You know you can make a page yourself right?

Go ahead and compile a list with sources referenced and write it up according to the style guide.

[–] 1Malayali@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

True. Would be good to try that and see how it is handled

Asking for the help of others who may see this: Could you help in listing major mass killings by capitalist states?

Will mention ones that I can remember now:

USAmerican regime - Kent State Uni massacre, MOVE bombing, BLM protestors murdered for protesting against the racist regime

British colonial regime in India - Jalianwallah Bagh massacre, Wagon massacre, Massacre of tribes in hilly states
If famines are included, then the Bengal famine, Madras famine, Travancore famine etc.

Mass killings in areas like Ireland n all by the British capitalist regime too

South Korean regime - Jeju island, Bodo league massacres and similar mass killings

Mass killings by Nazi Germany

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[–] sushiatnight@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 day ago
[–] freshfusion@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Fascist and colonial states atrocities are widely documented in Wikipedia, countries that we consider capitalist probably too. I recently stumbled across Belgian atrocities in Congo reading Wikipedia by accident. It motivated me to read more about it in the future, maybe "Heart of darkness" (while not exactly historical, it still seems like a good critique. By the way is it a good novel?).

[–] 1Malayali@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

True.

But there does not seem to be an equivalent page for 'Mass killings in capitalist regimes'

Even if it is documented, does it not show that how it is organised currently has an imbalance, likely from Anti-communist propaganda, things like red scare etc?

So, cannoted be unbiased, right? My focus was on that. There is no unbiased source, but only ones which acknowledge biases and maybe try to ensure that the biases do not affect the quality of the source too much.

[–] huf@hexbear.net 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

there's a mass anti-communist killings page, but that doesnt seem to explain how capitalism is anti-communism...

[–] NinjaGinga@hexbear.net 7 points 1 day ago

Might I recommend King Leopold's Ghost if you want a straight up history book of the Belgian Congo. No shade against Heart of Darkness, I think that's a worthwhile read; but reading KLG first will give you more context to appreciate HoD. Or maybe read it after, idk, up to you

[–] IpsumLauren@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (3 children)
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