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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Sadly, this is as true, as far as i can look and have looked into so far. We could put a top 10 list here, that could be very exact, if we put all of saidit's knowledge here.

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

If you look at governmenticide, it appears that over 100 million people were killed by their own governments in the 20th century.