• PugJesus@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      Yeah, sure. Go ahead. Compare American-backed dictators and non-American-backed dictators.

      Not a lot of difference.

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        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

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          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.