A Deadly Century, Continued

For John, BLUF:  Our abhorrence of Fascism has blinded us to an even greater evil, International Socialism.  Yes, in the early 1940s we worked with the long term threat to defeat the near term threat.  But Communism was still a threat to tens of millions.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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An Ideology to Die For

By Francis Turner from L'Ombre de l'Olivier25 January 2018.

Here is the lede plus one:

Sometimes you have to feel sorry for Herr Hitler.  The Fuhrer got a terrible rep as a genocidal tyrant but in terms of 20th century murderous tyrants he is – at best – in the top 3.  The same in fact goes for things like ecological and economic mismanagement.  Fascism a.k.a. National Socialism may have been inefficient and poor at the creating economic growth its leaders promised and it’s followers demanded but it didn’t totally trash otherwise viable economies.  Nor did it create ecological disaster zones big enough to be seen from space.

The ideology that did all this, and also pipped Herr Hitler in genocide stakes is International Socialism a.k.a. Communism.

Even if Herr Hitler had succeeded with Generalplan Ost, it is unlikely his ideology would have resulted in deaths matching those of the Marxist-Leninist brand.  Even if he got credit for deaths due to Messrs Benito Mussolini, António Salazar and Francisco Franco

And yet, there are those who admire the Bolivarian Socialist Regime in Venezuela, and those who admire North Korea.  I am blaming the teachers of High School History and College Professors.  They are, at best, negligent, and at worst, sick, twisted individuals.♠

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff

♠  Jim Peters and George Anthes aside.  And a couple of others.