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[-] dwalin@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

I think he meant the between 40 to 80 million that died because of the mao regime. https://factsanddetails.com/china/cat2/sub6/item1081.html

And the 1.7 million deaths by gulag alone under Stalin

https://factually.co/fact-checks/history/stalin-soviet-union-death-toll-estimates-1920s-1953-ddd053

[-] theolodis@feddit.org 1 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

I am just saying that it's ridiculous to add deaths by famine to their death tolls. We're not doing that for any other leader, and it's nothing but anti communist propaganda, otherwise we'd be doing it for people like american presidents too.

Also the website you're linking is not very objective, the Wikipedia article about Mao gives a way more balanced picture.

[-] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 day ago

Stalin was literally fascist conservative though, like he got into power by pushing for The Old Ways and murdering all his competitors

[-] dwalin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I agree, i was just clarifying to the previous commenter who apparently didnt know about the gulag.

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