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minus-squareIHaveTwoCows@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoYes, how could we know? If only there were some sort of track record we could look at
minus-squarePugJesus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoYeah, sure. Go ahead. Compare American-backed dictators and non-American-backed dictators. Not a lot of difference.
minus-squareorrk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agothere 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
minus-squarePugJesus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 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.
Yes, how could we know? If only there were some sort of track record we could look at
Yeah, sure. Go ahead. Compare American-backed dictators and non-American-backed dictators.
Not a lot of difference.
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
Not really.
Pol Pot was supported by China, not the Sovs. What’s more, Pol Pot was hardly an ‘average’ outcome.