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Is it accurate to imply that the Soviets and Chinese had any sense of ownership of their governments? Especially with the forced starvation of Ukraine, it was
by linkregister 10y ago
Is it accurate to imply that the Soviets and Chinese had any sense of ownership of their governments? Especially with the forced starvation of Ukraine, it was practically a foreign occupation (this is muddy, Kyiv is a historic center of Russia).
I don't think it's a refutation of Hobbes that a dictator could seize control of a state and perpetrate mass murder.
- nickff 10y agoHobbes made the case that a totalitarian dictator was the least likely to perpetrate mass murder; according to his ideas, the democracies would be more violent.
- adekok 10y agoHobbes was wrong. http://popten.net/2010/05/top-ten-most-evil-dictators-of-all-time-in-order-of-kill-count/ http://popten.net/2010/05/top-ten-most-evil-dictators-of-all... No democratic country has killed millions of it's own citizens. Even Hitler waited until he changed the law to give himself dictatorial powers.