I was watching a show tonight about Germany and Hitler during WWII. The narrator, who was likely just reading what was in front of him, stated that Hitler killed more than anyone else. Not only is this not true, but it really does make a knowledgeable person doubt the integrity of anything else in the show.
Even before I got to my trusty little computer, I knew that it was radically wrong. I mean, it is not even close.
According to the internet which is always right, one way or the other Lenin killed about 8 million. Moreover, he contributed to many more deaths by chasing Jews into Germany and Poland. Stalin killed his 9 million. Let me add, it is likely far more killed because, well, back in 1917 and 1918 they didn’t really keep an accurate records in Russia. Truth be told, the two so-called communists likely killed about 25% more. Had the US not intervened, the death toll would have been far more from starvation. Word is they threw the farmers off their farms or killed them. Then, with no farmers, they about all died of starvation.
During WWII, the Imperial Japanese Army maimed, raped and pillaged through China and Burma. I would suspect there is no telling how many died during that time. However, the historians say that they killed 3 to 10 million. My guess, closer to 10.
Pol Pot of Cambodia killed an estimated 2 to 2.5 million…in far less time than what it took Hitler. My guess is a few months. Sorry, just going by memory and the news of the day.
After South Vietnam fell, approximately 0.5 to 1.5 million died in just a couple of weeks. I would like to write that it was totally because of Ho Chi Minh, but I can’t. The peace demonstrators in this country had a big part in his aid… I suspect intentionally. I am sure they are proud of themselves for that.
I have saved the worst for last, the one the historians call “The greatest murderer in all history.” Actually, no one else comes close. Mao is attributed somewhere around 40 million people, and, by the way, he did it in far less time than it took Hitler. Moreover, his efforts contributed to the loss of life in Vietnam, Cambodia and Korea.
Now, let me see, just how does the 40 million compare to the 6 million of Hitler. It is easy to see, the media does have a bias. They really don’t like bringing up the atrocities of those calling themselves communists, especially when it is just another way to deceive and form another dictatorship. Russia nor China never did, never will have a communist country. Russia was and is dictatorship and China is to this day some folks on the top dictating to the others what to do, say and think.
I would hope, now that this has been pointed out, you will watch for this thing and give the speaker proper doubt. He is demonstrating just how little he knows and how much he likes a so-called communist dictatorship.