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“We live as if we are immortal, as if our presence here is everlasting, remaining oblivious to the fleeting nature of our existence. We take lives for granted, and this misconception leads us to live inefficiently and wastefully. It’s only when we find ourselves incapacitated by sickness or on the doorstep of death that we often realize this profound truth of life. Unfortunately, by then, it’s already too late.”

“In 1999, The Black Book of Communism endeavored to attempt the impossible task of tabulating a Marxist-Leninist death toll in the twentieth century. It came up with a figure approaching 100 million. Here is the breakdown: *USSR: 20 million deaths *China: 65 million deaths *Vietnam: 1 million deaths *North Korea: 2 million deaths *Cambodia: 2 million deaths *Eastern Europe: 1 million deaths *Latin America: 150,000 deaths *Africa: 1.7 million deaths *Afghanistan: 1.5 million deaths *The international communist movement and Communist parties not in power: about 10,000 deaths”