Communism on the Joe Rogan Experience
2 fact-checked claims across 1 episode · Nov 2016 · updated Jul 10, 2026
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“in the Soviet Union between 1919 and 1959, somewhere between 30 and 50 million people were killed in internal oppression alone. And then in China... it might h…”
Peterson claims 30-50 million people were killed in internal Soviet oppression between 1919-1959, and up to 100 million killed under Mao in China.
“6 million Ukrainians starved to death. They had posters. The Soviets produced posters in the 1930s that said, essentially, don't forget it's wrong to eat your …”
Peterson states 6 million Ukrainians starved to death in the Holodomor and that Soviet posters explicitly warned against eating your children.