Article Image

IPFS News Link • Philosophy: Communism

A UFC Fighter Dedicated His Victory to Victims of Communism. Here's Why It Was Important

• https://fee.org, Jon Miltimore

After dominating former Lightweight Champion Tony Ferguson over three rounds at UFC 262 on Saturday night, Beneil Dariush had a message for millions of watching fans.

Speaking to podcaster Joe Rogan after the fight, the Iranian-born American mixed martial artist dedicated his victory to victims of communism around the world.

"First things first, I want to thank my Lord and savior Jesus Christ, that's number one," Dariush told Rogan. "Number two, I want to dedicate this fight to all the people who've been hurt by Marxists ideologies. There are millions of you."

A Bloody History

Though many may not know it, the 20th century was the most violent century in history, primarily because of Communism. The precise death toll is unclear, in part because it's so vast.

The best data we have comes from the late Rudolph Rummel, a political scientist at Yale University, Indiana University, and University of Hawaii, who pioneered the field of democide (death by government). He estimated the human toll of 20th century socialism to be roughly 200 million worldwide. About two-thirds of that total came from the two largest communist empires—the Soviet Union (61 million killed under Stalin and Lenin) and China (78 million killed under Mao Zedong).


ppmsilvercosmetics.com/ERNEST/