The common factor in mass state murder is militant Facism. There's no right or left, there's a willingness to commit mass-murder and a violent takeover of the s

The common factor in mass state murder is militant Facism. There's no right or left, there's a willingness to commit mass-murder and a violent takeover of the state. It's incontrovertible that democide was one of the worst forces of the 20th century, but bizarre and dangerous to associate it with some one-dimensional "left/right" projection of 21st century identity politics. Pol Pot, Mao, Hitler - these are figureheads that became objects of popular worship. If Monarchies were a thing, they would have been monarchs. If Theocracies were a thing, they would have been theocrats. If corporations were a thing, they would have been admirable profiteers. Violent self-righteousness is just that.