Apologists for these regimes might attribute the deaths to famine , but mass starvations did not occur in capitalist countries and there is ample evidence that these " famines " were conscious political tools to consolidate a regime 's power .

共产主义政权的辩护者将死亡归咎于饥荒，但资本主义国家并未发生大饥荒，有充分的证据表明，“饥荒”被故意用作巩固政权的政治工具。