> Mao Zedong killed 40 to 80 million people during his rule after WW2, but "only" in China. 40 to 80 million is absurdly large and just as fictitious as the nu

> Mao Zedong killed 40 to 80 million people during his rule after WW2, but "only" in China. 40 to 80 million is absurdly large and just as fictitious as the numbers pushed in the "black book of communism". This is a good article which dissects those numbers: https://monthlyreview.org/commentary/did-mao-really-kill-millions-in-the-great-leap-forward/ https://monthlyreview.org/commentary/did-mao-really-kill-mil...