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    China’s worst serial killers.

    Unbelievable!

    China’s worst serial killers: a litany of evil through history | South China Morning Post


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    Is Mao on the list?

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    Quote Originally Posted by hullexile:
    Is Mao on the list?
    Mao was just a sub-set of Communism which was by far the largest killer of the 20c


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    Quote Originally Posted by East_coast:
    Mao was just a sub-set of Communism which was by far the largest killer of the 20c

    Hard to get you head around carnage on that list . . .

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hofer:
    how about Duerte?
    A few hundred? Less than the US police each year and a couple of US drones or Syrian bombs.

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    Quote Originally Posted by East_coast:
    Mao was just a sub-set of Communism which was by far the largest killer of the 20c

    Your point is debatable. Mao was a Totalitarian. Totalitarianism was by far the largest killer of the 20c, and the century before that, and the century before that, and the century before that, and on and on.

    There's debate in Marxist circles that Stalinism and Maoism weren't actually Communism based on socialist principles, but rather a form of State capitalism run by Totalitarians. The theory of State capitalism still applies to China today, hence there is confusion for the observer to tell whether China is a communist or capitalist country. Fortunately though, the country moved from Totalitarianism to Authoritarianism hence life is much more bearable in today's China vs the Mao days.

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    Quote Originally Posted by civil_servant:
    Your point is debatable. Mao was a Totalitarian. Totalitarianism was by far the largest killer of the 20c, and the century before that, and the century before that, and the century before that, and on and on.

    There's debate in Marxist circles that Stalinism and Maoism weren't actually Communism based on socialist principles, but rather a form of State capitalism run by Totalitarians. The theory of State capitalism still applies to China today, hence there is confusion for the observer to tell whether China is a communist or capitalist country. Fortunately though, the country moved from Totalitarianism to Authoritarianism hence life is much more bearable in today's China vs the Mao days.
    The label 'Communist' obviously is a broad brush term that has changed over time as different regimes layer on their ideology much in the way capitalism has also changed in reality over the years.

    I would argue that the term communist still stands on the list as the depots with this label all shared some ideology around a basis of communism.

    The current regime in China is a kleptocracy bent on retaining power at almost any cost. If there was a civil uprising on a massive scale I suspect there would be many dead.

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    Quote Originally Posted by civil_servant:
    Your point is debatable. Mao was a Totalitarian. Totalitarianism was by far the largest killer of the 20c, and the century before that, and the century before that, and the century before that, and on and on.

    There's debate in Marxist circles that Stalinism and Maoism weren't actually Communism based on socialist principles, but rather a form of State capitalism run by Totalitarians. The theory of State capitalism still applies to China today, hence there is confusion for the observer to tell whether China is a communist or capitalist country. Fortunately though, the country moved from Totalitarianism to Authoritarianism hence life is much more bearable in today's China vs the Mao days.
    The label 'Communist' obviously is a broad brush term that has changed over time as different regimes layer on their ideology much in the way capitalism has also changed in reality over the years.

    I would argue that the term communist still stands on the list as the depots with this label all shared some ideology around a basis of communism.

    The current regime in China is a kleptocracy bent on retaining power at almost any cost. If there was a civil uprising on a massive scale I suspect there would be many dead.