Yeah, I mean, the numbers are just an indication of how much opportunity they had to massacre people.
It's not like there's a big ethical gap between someone who will kill 5 million and someone who'll kill 10 million. At that point, you'll just keep going until someone stops you.
Stalin also had more time to do it and a larger country to do it with.
Hitler managed ~10 million by execution in ~5 years, and less directly caused another ~20 million in that same time period, with plans to continue it indefinitely if he won the war. Stalin would've had to murder the entire population of the USSR to match Hitler's rate of killing - not coincidentally, that was Hitler's long-term goal if he won.
Stalin was bad. Stalin was one of the worst human beings to ever disgrace this planet, and deserved a noose.
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GeneralDingus@lemmy.cafe · 19 pts · 276d
He genocided his own country's people too. All around bad guy, with or without an association with Hitler
hakunawazo@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 275d
That it even needs to be discussed if he was a good guy, WTF.
(hell no, in case that was confusing)BlackLaZoR@fedia.io · 3 pts · 276d
Arguably he was worse. His total kill count is probably higher
rockerface@lemmy.cafe · 17 pts · 276d
Luckily, this isn't a competition and it's okay to hate all genocidal tyrants equally
Xopher@piefed.social · 5 pts · 276d
Yeah, I mean, the numbers are just an indication of how much opportunity they had to massacre people.
It's not like there's a big ethical gap between someone who will kill 5 million and someone who'll kill 10 million. At that point, you'll just keep going until someone stops you.
GeneralDingus@lemmy.cafe · 1 pts · 276d
Seems like there was a competition at the time though with how bad they all were!
PugJesus@piefed.social · 10 pts · 276d
Stalin also had more time to do it and a larger country to do it with.
Hitler managed ~10 million by execution in ~5 years, and less directly caused another ~20 million in that same time period, with plans to continue it indefinitely if he won the war. Stalin would've had to murder the entire population of the USSR to match Hitler's rate of killing - not coincidentally, that was Hitler's long-term goal if he won.
Stalin was bad. Stalin was one of the worst human beings to ever disgrace this planet, and deserved a noose.
But Hitler was worse.
BlackLaZoR@fedia.io · 6 pts · 276d
Ultimately, Mao takes the cake anyway, as he managed to starve 15-55mln in just two years
GeneralDingus@lemmy.cafe · 5 pts · 276d
His great leap backwards!
rockerface@lemmy.cafe · 4 pts · 276d
The great somersault!
itkovian@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 275d
Irrespective of his association with the Allies, Stalin was a genocidal madman. Fuck Stalin in the ass with the largest cactus from Sahara.
Phew, that was therapeutic.
sephallen@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 275d
It's funny how you never see the tankies here in the comments section.
Have you considered cross posting to the .ml "memes" community, which has essentially become a tankie propaganda circle jerk?
PugJesus@piefed.social · 5 pts · 275d
I actually quite prefer them to stay in their own circlejerks. It's why I avoid .ml comms altogether.
I have no interest in sitting down at a table with 9
Nazisred fash.sephallen@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 275d
You're making a lot of sense.