An infographic capturing the leading causes of death in the twentieth century,29 published by a London based journalist in 2012, is now a popular and powerful internet meme.30 The artwork shows that 142 million had been killed because of ideology, of which 94 million deaths were caused by communism, with massive killings taking place in its name in China, the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe and North Korea. The death count because of communism exceeds deaths caused by fascism, terrorism, and even both the World Wars.
