Empathy

I think you guys are getting statistic-crazy by bringing Mao Zedong into this. There was a big difference between how Stalin ran things and how Mao ran things. Stalin used famine and starvation to wipe out thousands of people at a time who disagreed with his Soviet policies. Millions of people who lived in what is today Ukraine were depleted of food and systematically wiped out that way. Mao never reached such low standards; he certainly didn't run the country like he should've, but comparing Mao to Hitler and Stalin is a bit radical, if you ask me.

Also, I don't understand why you're surprised at ANB's lightly defending of Hitler, Island. The President of Iran says the Holocaust was exaggerated and doesn't think negatively of Adolf Hitler. I'm pretty sure ANB feels the same way, according to his posts in here.

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