One 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 accusati

One 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.