Rocket Surgeon
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Why was it "Russians"?
It was NAZIS, never Germans...
Commies could have avoided representation of cultures. Rather than simply Soviets, Asians and South Americans could have figured into it as well.
The Black Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression authored by several European academics documents a history of political and civilian repressions by Communist states, including genocides, extrajudicial executions, deportations, and artificial famines.
In the introduction, editor Stéphane Courtois states that "...Communist regimes... turned mass crime into a full-blown system of government". He claims that a death toll totals 94 million, not counting the "excess deaths" (decrease of the population due to lower than-expected birth rates). The breakdown of the number of deaths given by Courtois is as follows:
65 million in the People's Republic of China
20 million in the Soviet Union
2 million in Cambodia
2 million in North Korea
1.7 million in Africa
1.5 million in Afghanistan
1 million in the Communist states of Eastern Europe
1 million in Vietnam
150,000 in Latin America
10,000 deaths "resulting from actions of the international Communist movement and Communist parties not in power."
Courtois claims that Communist regimes are responsible for a greater number of deaths than any other political ideal or movement, including Nazism. The statistics of victims includes executions, famine, deaths resulting from deportations, physical confinement, or through forced labor.
So why was it Russians?
Why not keep it all black and white, good and evil?
Why wasn't it: Commies, I hate these guys!
It was NAZIS, never Germans...
Commies could have avoided representation of cultures. Rather than simply Soviets, Asians and South Americans could have figured into it as well.
The Black Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression authored by several European academics documents a history of political and civilian repressions by Communist states, including genocides, extrajudicial executions, deportations, and artificial famines.
In the introduction, editor Stéphane Courtois states that "...Communist regimes... turned mass crime into a full-blown system of government". He claims that a death toll totals 94 million, not counting the "excess deaths" (decrease of the population due to lower than-expected birth rates). The breakdown of the number of deaths given by Courtois is as follows:
65 million in the People's Republic of China
20 million in the Soviet Union
2 million in Cambodia
2 million in North Korea
1.7 million in Africa
1.5 million in Afghanistan
1 million in the Communist states of Eastern Europe
1 million in Vietnam
150,000 in Latin America
10,000 deaths "resulting from actions of the international Communist movement and Communist parties not in power."
Courtois claims that Communist regimes are responsible for a greater number of deaths than any other political ideal or movement, including Nazism. The statistics of victims includes executions, famine, deaths resulting from deportations, physical confinement, or through forced labor.
So why was it Russians?
Why not keep it all black and white, good and evil?
Why wasn't it: Commies, I hate these guys!