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by bluekeybox
5559 days ago
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Although I would typically be the first to attack any positive mention of the Soviet system, the number of people who died under Soviet regime (yes, it was probably larger as you mentioned) is mostly due to the extreme power wielded by Stalin during his time at the helm. After Stalin's death, the communist party tried to distance itself from the crimes committed by him. So it's a bit unfair to compare fascism to communism -- you should compare fascism to stalinism instead. In addition, even if you compare fascism to stalinism (both very scary systems), fascism looks a bit worse, not because of the number of people who died, but because unlike stalinism which was mostly a culture of fear, fascism was really a culture of hate all the way down the hierarchy. |
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