"Oops! I killed 15 million people, but it was an accident. My bad. Who knew forcibly moving all the farmers to the city and making them work in factories would cause a famine?"

-Mao, probably

PS: 15 million is the low end number. 15-55 million is the commonly accepted number, with some estimates as high as 70 million.

At some point you'd think he'd look around and notice.

[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 13 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Lol what's your source on this, the black book? Also do you think Mao was like the king of China or?

[–] john_brown@hexbear.net 12 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

So you think Mao decided starving his own people benefited him? Why?

[–] ThirdConsul@lemmy.ml -5 points 4 weeks ago

I'm sorry, but why would that matter? We tend to judge people by their actions, not their intent, when it comes to mass deaths.

Right?