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Some people remember the horror of Nazi Germany as well as the horror of the Red Terror, Stalinist Russia, and the Cultural Revolution.
by monoideism 6y ago
Some people remember the horror of Nazi Germany as well as the horror of the Red Terror, Stalinist Russia, and the Cultural Revolution.
- wnoise 6y agoAll that, and the horrors of McCarthyism too.
- monoideism 6y agoYou're comparing McCarthyism to the Nazi genocide, the Red Terror, the horror of Stalinism and the Cultural Revolution?
- wnoise 6y agoI'm saying it's another authoritarian impulse to squash dissent, yes. Smaller magnitude, sure. But that's exactly why you compare things -- to see what's better or worse.