• orrk@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    there actually is, the amount of civilians killed, because unlike the soviets, the Americans kept a leash of theirs.

    like you want to compare dictators? while bad, Pinochet killed fewer people than pol-pot

    • PugJesus@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      the Americans kept a leash of theirs.

      Not really.

      like you want to compare dictators? while bad, Pinochet killed fewer people than pol-pot

      Pol Pot was supported by China, not the Sovs. What’s more, Pol Pot was hardly an ‘average’ outcome.