re: Why is it that nobody questions the 10 million Stalin killed, or the 30 mil Mao killed?

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Why is it that nobody questions the 10 million Stalin killed, or the 30 mil Mao killed?

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Who isn’t questioning those regimes? They’re pretty wildly regarded as some of the worst political leaders of all time who brought terror and death to their people.

We focus more on Hitler because 1) he was the direct enemy of the United Stares in a war we were involved in; 2) Germany is more relatable to Western society than Russia and China; 3) he created a war machine that was launched against an entire continent.

Mao and Stalin were more ideological problems than villains to the United States. Hitler was damn near a cartoon character with their propaganda, conquest, and Holocaust.

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They’re pretty wildly regarded as some of the worst political leaders of all time who brought terror and death to their people.

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This is not contending with anything I said. You are arfuing a different point

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Who isn’t questioning those regimes?

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I am not talking about the evilness of regimes, I am talking about bodycounts

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Bonnie Bleu?

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A really gross whore

It was a joke

This is wrong. GLF was partially due to collectivism, but also direct murders of the academics, industrialists, business owners, bankers, et al

That was the point of the GLF. They wanted to eliminate those that knew how the old system worked.

Holodomor was collectivism superficially. Nevermind the fact that Stalin withheld grain meant to feed Ukrainians, in order to export to bolster his bank account. He targeted Ukraine because they supported the White Army.

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I never met any of them. Why is that important?

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Thank you for asking a legitimate question.

First, do you know anything about epidemics, pandemics, viruses, and the spread of those viruses.

Second, do you know anything about how viruses spread? Do you know why SARS 1, with its 9% mortality didn’t spread to more than a few countries? Or MERS and its 30% mortality and why it didn't spread beyond one country?

Third, do you understand what the R0 number is and why it’s important (Covid 19’s number was about 1.3-1.7. Measles has an R0 number somewhere between 18-33)?

Fourth, do you understand that even the Ancient Greeks knew how to contain and isolate pandemics when they started? There’s a reason they were never completely overwhelmed by Smallpox or Ebola.

Fifth, do you understand how deadly viruses work? Do you know about cleavage sites and mutation proof readers? Did you know the 1918 flu pandemic virus had neither by the way?

tldr: Reagan and all those young Republicans who were voted in in the early 80’s refused to fund AIDS research. Let em die they said.