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Let's add some context. Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 129-226k dead Nazi Holocaust: 4.9-11m dead Soviet Holodomor: 1.8-7.5m dead Cambodian Genocide: 1.7-3m dead
by ethbro 10y ago
Let's add some context.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 129-226k dead
Nazi Holocaust: 4.9-11m dead
Soviet Holodomor: 1.8-7.5m dead
Cambodian Genocide: 1.7-3m dead
Armenian Genocide: 800k-1.5m dead
Vietnam War (all deaths, US period): 1-3m dead
In terms of human death, WMDs have historically been the least of conflict-affected people's worries, compared to starvation and drawn out total war.