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Communism and cannibalism (view source)
Revision as of 14:51, August 9, 2016
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Ron Rosenbaum wrote in ''Slate'':
Ron Rosenbaum wrote in ''Slate'':
{{cquote|,,,our culture still hasn't assimilated the genocidal equivalence between Stalin and [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler, because, as Applebaum points out, we used the former to defeat the latter. *
{{cquote|,,,our culture still hasn't assimilated the genocidal equivalence between Stalin and [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]], because, as Applebaum points out, we used the former to defeat the latter. *
The full evil of Stalin still hasn't sunk in. I know it to be true intellectually, but our culture has not assimilated the magnitude of his crimes. Which is perhaps why the cannibalism jolted me out of any illusion that meaningful distinctions could be made between Stalin and Hitler.
The full evil of Stalin still hasn't sunk in. I know it to be true intellectually, but our culture has not assimilated the magnitude of his crimes. Which is perhaps why the cannibalism jolted me out of any illusion that meaningful distinctions could be made between Stalin and Hitler.