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China’s Great Leap Forward: 50 million deaths Stalin’s regime: 10 million deaths Khmer Rouge: 2 million deaths (25% of Cambodia’s population) East Germany “d
by GuiA 7y ago
China’s Great Leap Forward: 50 million deaths
Stalin’s regime: 10 million deaths
Khmer Rouge: 2 million deaths (25% of Cambodia’s population)
East Germany “denazification efforts”: tens of thousands of deaths, possible as high as a hundred thousand
I don’t entirely disagree with the nuance you’re trying to make, but it’s worth keeping in mind that some things are very measurable when it comes to these communist/totalitarian regimes.
- CyanBird 7y agoI'm sorry, but this is such a cheapo propaganda like comment to what the other guy said Throwing numbers around as if the decentralized killing or the fami es within non-totalitarian systems weren't comparable is just silly The guy is t advocating for anything of the sort, and the article doesn't mention governments themselves, but decentralized profit driven enterprises....
- GuiA 7y agoOne does not exclude the other. You can bring up the numbers for other governments if you wish, they’re interesting to discuss as well. Regarding your accusations, it’s hard to settle anything now that the author deleted their comment. However, I stand firm by my statement that one cannot make claims to the effect of “life wasn’t so bad in $past_totalitarian_regime” without keeping numbers of direct human deaths - from executions, interment camps, famines - at the forefront of our minds.