Stalin. Worse than Hitler?

[MOBIUS]

Well?

Personally I think so. Hitler was an amateur compared to him when it came to purging his own ranks, killing his own people (he never even bothered with excuses like Hitler), making Hitler take the fall, surviving WWII in a stronger position, etc...

Anyway, if I make Stalin look worse than Hitler, I'm hoping I can reclaim comparing people to Hitler without being Godwinised out of hand.

Calling someone a little Stalin doesn't have the same ring to it, despite being arguably a worse insult...

Discuss...


PS, I stuck Dale in there because he is arguably running WPC in a manner both Hitler and Stalin would approve of.

PS, I removed Dale. Love MikeH.

[RoboCon]

We conservatives distance ourselves from Hitler because we recognize that he perverted the ideals of conservatism, but liberals still revere Stalin. This means that Hitler is worse than Stalin or this means that liberals are worse than conservatives.

[BeBMan]

blah

[Warui]

Hitler wasn't a conservative, he was a socialist just like Stalin. A better topic for this thread should have been "Which socialist killed the most people?" You should also include all the other socialist heroes in there like Mao.

[RGBVideo]

Hitler wasn't a conservative, he was a socialist just like Stalin

I presume we should have another in honour of this Doubly Loved poster, but that's actually a good point to keep in mind.

Ideologically speaking, both Stalin and Hitler were for big government and saw government action as the answer to all of the problems in their countries. Both saw the redistribution of wealth decided by the government as normal, natural and imperial for the well-being of their countries. Stalin took from the kulaks, Hitler from the jews. They were both socialist authoritarians, altough Hitler was right-wing and Stalin left-wing.

[SlowwHand]

It's kind of a "would you rather have a pointy stick in your left or right eye" question.

[MOBIUS]

True, but arguably Stalin's would cause more damage.

[Dinner]

Dale. Anyone who would ban someone for asking who the Asher DL was deserves to be on that list.

[MOBIUS]

One more vote for Dale and he'll be in the lead - he's already left Hitler for dust!

[MOBIUS]

On a side note, I am hearted to see that no one thinks of Pandas as power mad and murderous megalomaniacs.

[Kuciwalker]

Invalid poll

[Theben]

I presume we should have another in honour of this Doubly Loved poster, but that's actually a good point to keep in mind.

It's Eyes of Night, crawling out from under his pile of otaku porn comics long enough to post crap on his sticky keyboard. Don't worry about him.

[Warui]

I'm sorry ben, but I'm not really familiar with who you are so I don't really have a comeback for you. Unfortunately, you just don't stand out enough. Don't take it the wrong way, I'm sure you're a very worthy individual. A lot of, you know, self worth...and stuff. Anyway, pick yourself up and stop crying in the corner. I didn't really mean it when I called your ankles fat.

[Theben]

Don't worry, I'm not upset by someone who has intellectual obstacles to overcome when tying his shoelaces. Or in your case, slapping on the velcro.

[Warui]

It's usually a good idea to stick to angles of attack that have at least some basis for truth, or can be backed up. Trying to establish intellectual superiority is, in your case, a lost cause. You'd be better off sticking to discussing reality television with me and your favorite day time dramas, in which case I freely admit you would be the victor.