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minus-squarePugJesus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 months agoYeah, sure. Go ahead. Compare American-backed dictators and non-American-backed dictators. Not a lot of difference.
minus-squareorrk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months 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-up2·9 months 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.
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.