TIL the founder of the Chinese Communist Party, Mao Zedong, was responsible for the deaths of over 65 million people, making him the most prolific killer of the 20th century.

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[–]Chipit 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

The archives were slowly being pried open when Xi Jinping slammed them shut. We won't know the truth for another generation or longer.

The main way we have of knowing how many people were killed by communists is looking at what world population growth should have been, and looking at the gap.

[–]sodomytron 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

is that inductive reasoning?