Comment by johnrichardson
9 years ago
Adolf Hitler: ~9 million deaths
Joseph Stalin: Estimates range from 3 million - 60 million deaths.
Mao Zedong: Estimates range from 49 million - 78 million deaths.
All evil men. Why aren't the latter two nearly as reviled as Hitler or 'Nazis'?
You mean, why aren't they idolised as much? Or used as a racist symbol to rally around as much?
The reviling comes as a reaction to the idolisation, and the use of that figure as a racist symbol to rally around.
Otherwise, you revile them while you do history in high school, and then move on with your life.