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I've seen too much of this. No, the nazis and the Soviets were not equivalent.

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[-] CommieAVGN@hexbear.net 106 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ah, the "double genocide" theorists. What a delightful bunch of historical revisionists. It's like they took a drunken joyride through the annals of history and crashed straight into the "Bad Takes" tree. Comparing the Soviet Union to the Nazis? Might as well compare a stubbed toe to a decapitation.

And you can bet your ass that most of these armchair historians haven’t even read a book on the topic. It's all surface-level, cherry-picked facts with more holes than a block of Swiss cheese. It's historical interpretation with the depth of a kiddie pool. Dive in, and you're gonna crack your head open.

Honestly, it’s a disservice to the real complexities of history. But nuance, for these folks, seems to be a concept as elusive as a unicorn riding a Bigfoot. The actual victims, the real-life people affected by these events, deserve better than to be pawns in someone’s misguided, edgy take on history.

So, to those pushing the "double genocide" theory: Maybe spend less time trying to stir the pot with wild equivalences and more time, I dunno, actually understanding the depth and breadth of historical events. And for the love of God, please get some new reading glasses, because your perspective is blurrier than a foggy window smeared with bullshit.

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Just so long as the depth and breadth doesn’t obscure the basic facts:

  • The Nazi government consciously decided to exterminate about 12 million people, in an attempt at ~~ethnic cleansing~~ genocide based on race
  • The Soviet Union’s government consciously decided to exterminate about 1.6 million people, in an attempt at political cleansing
  • The Soviet Union also, through gross ineptitude, starved an additional 3.5 - 5.0 million people

Do you agree that these things happened?

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