No, the point is that these were very distinct movements with very real consequences. Stalin never unleashed a mass killing of Jews with roots in a pan-ethnic ideology as Hitler did. Mao unleashed killings based on class as Stalin did but with the additional onus of declaring class an inheritable concept.
The point I imagined you were making is the same one you always do: Right Wing = violent bad Left Wing= Angels and Saints.
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Date: 15/5/10 19:52 (UTC)The point I imagined you were making is the same one you always do: Right Wing = violent bad Left Wing= Angels and Saints.