this post was submitted on 28 Jun 2025
2 points (66.7% liked)

Memes

51387 readers
1211 users here now

Rules:

  1. Be civil and nice.
  2. Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.

founded 6 years ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (12 children)

Wasn't the great leap forward by Mao the biggest mass murder in world history, according to historians not governments?

Doesn't whitewashing that amount to Holocaust denial level cultural blindness?

I know nothing, quick Google search.

[–] john_brown@hexbear.net 0 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Do you understand the difference between causing a famine unintentionally and doing mass murder?

[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

"Oops! I killed 15 million people, but it was an accident. My bad. Who knew forcibly moving all the farmers to the city and making them work in factories would cause a famine?"

-Mao, probably

PS: 15 million is the low end number. 15-55 million is the commonly accepted number, with some estimates as high as 70 million.

At some point you'd think he'd look around and notice.

[–] john_brown@hexbear.net 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)

So you think Mao decided starving his own people benefited him? Why?

[–] ThirdConsul@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 days ago

I'm sorry, but why would that matter? We tend to judge people by their actions, not their intent, when it comes to mass deaths.

Right?

Right?

load more comments (8 replies)