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If you consider the US (and other) wars/interventions of imperialism motivated by capitalism, the number easily exceeds 100 million.

http://maoistrebelnews.com/2012/03/16/1-6-billion-killed-by-...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Livre_noir_du_capitalisme

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While I agree with you about questioning number of deaths by capitalism, your first link is laughable. Maoist Rebel News, really?

Deaths are counted multiple times, cigarette related deaths worldwide are capitalism fault, children killed by hunger are capitalism fault (especially in North Korea), famine of 1932-33 is capitalism fault (this one is really fucked up, because it is exactly the opposite).

While I agree with much of what you are getting at, cigarettes are available in socialist countries. (Cuba is famous for cigars).

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