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I don't understand why you are getting downvoted. Stalin killed millions of soviets. All central and eastern european countries can testify how terrible it was

I don't understand why you are getting downvoted. Stalin killed millions of soviets. All central and eastern european countries can testify how terrible it was when communists invanded their countries and took everything from them, including all posessions and freedom. When my mother in law (who always lived in Slovakia) was in Belgium, we saw a guy with a soviet hammer and sickle t-shirt. She was shocked why anyone would freely wear something like that. I'm pretty sure the guy just thought it was cool. So my question to the downvoters: why are nazi's bad and communists not?

maccard 9y ago
Nazism [0] is broadly defined as fascism with: > Usually characterized as a form of fascism that incorporates scientific racism and antisemitism Communism [1] is broadly defined as > which is a socioeconomic order structured upon the common ownership of the means of production The issue that people have with Nazis is mostly the systematic racism. A better comparison is fascism to communism, which is a broader political term. It’s thrown around in an insulting way just as communism is, but without the same intent. If you compare a modern day Marxist to a modern day Nazi it would be a better comparison [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazism https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazism [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism
- koonsolo 9y ago
  > If you compare a modern day Marxist to a modern day Nazi it would be a better comparison I fail to see the difference. One wants to take away the freedom of all (except the party members), while the other the freedom of some. Mao and Stalin were responsible for about 75mil deaths, Hitler 17mil. Defending either seems very wrong to me. So either you censor both, or you censor none. And for my personal opinion, I would censor none, because I believe in freedom of speech. Neither one of the 2 ideologies above had freedom of speech. And I believe that's why all the Marxists think it's OK to censor Nazi's, but not themselves.

maccard 9y ago

Nazism [0] is broadly defined as fascism with: > Usually characterized as a form of fascism that incorporates scientific racism and antisemitism Communism [1] is broadly defined as > which is a socioeconomic order structured upon the common ownership of the means of production The issue that people have with Nazis is mostly the systematic racism. A better comparison is fascism to communism, which is a broader political term. It’s thrown around in an insulting way just as communism is, but without the same intent. If you compare a modern day Marxist to a modern day Nazi it would be a better comparison [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazism https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazism [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism

koonsolo 9y ago
> If you compare a modern day Marxist to a modern day Nazi it would be a better comparison I fail to see the difference. One wants to take away the freedom of all (except the party members), while the other the freedom of some. Mao and Stalin were responsible for about 75mil deaths, Hitler 17mil. Defending either seems very wrong to me. So either you censor both, or you censor none. And for my personal opinion, I would censor none, because I believe in freedom of speech. Neither one of the 2 ideologies above had freedom of speech. And I believe that's why all the Marxists think it's OK to censor Nazi's, but not themselves.