The Spectre to Memes · 7 months agoMeet the #1 serial killerimagemessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1184arrow-down1108
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minus-squareDessalinesAlinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down2·7 months agoIt’s hard to quantify, but the US instigated or had a hand in causing most of the largest mass-killing events of the twentieth century. To give just a single example, the CIA was the main driver behind the anti-communist massacres in Indonesia in 1965. 500k-1M people killed. Or operation Condor, another anti-communist CIA-led program in several latin american countries: about 60-80k people killed, and 400k imprisoned. A larger list of US atrocities is here.
It’s hard to quantify, but the US instigated or had a hand in causing most of the largest mass-killing events of the twentieth century.
To give just a single example, the CIA was the main driver behind the anti-communist massacres in Indonesia in 1965. 500k-1M people killed.
Or operation Condor, another anti-communist CIA-led program in several latin american countries: about 60-80k people killed, and 400k imprisoned.
A larger list of US atrocities is here.