Was Stalin more evil than Hitler?

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EradiusLore

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stalin obviously, at least hitler looked after his own. stalin was a monster who massacred his own people.
 

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baboon 101 said:
Why did Hitler kill the people he killed? Because fuck Jews.
And you are wrong.
In europe, for quite a fuckin' while (like 7 centuries) jews were a threat.
That's why they were not allowed to do honest work.
That's why they became bankers, debtors or other unhonorable professions.
That's why they became infamous as parasites, as rats, because they could not earn money for quite a long time, they had to get money from "honorably working" people.
And then, some conspiracy-theoretics came along.

Hitler, like many other europeans, actually thought jews were a threat, it was just a quite traditional way of thinking.

Still, to the present days you read about alarming studies of anti-semitistic thoughts in whole europe (And I bet in the US, too).

Hitler just, well, was the one dickhead that actually "did something".

To topic: Hitler was a bigger jerk, he put more thought into the whole killing-dudes-thing.
 

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I'm not really sure. Stalin killed more people but at least he had a reason. Hitler was just doing it because he could. If I had to chose I'd say Hitler though. Also seriously people stop quoting genericusername64. We get he had his facts wrong geez.
 

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HerrBobo said:
Jakub324 said:
Define evil.

A guy kill an ex-girlfriend brother when I was going out with her, some years ago. Does that make him more or less evil than Hitler or Stalin? My ex would say the guy that stabbed her brother in the face was more evil than any of them. Is she wrong? Yes, and no, it is all about perspective.

Hitler and Stalin were both extraordinary men living in extraordinary times, they both saw the world erupt into the flames of war, twice and for one war they both were at the very center. By their orders millions were killed, but such were the times they lived in. They were both just men, who laughed and cried and ate and shat and slept, who got drunk and had sex. They were just men.

Can one man alone be evil? There orders killed millions, yes, but their were million of willing hands to carry out those orders. Is the man who shoots one prisoner in the back of the head any less evil than the man who has order the death of 10,000? Can he put his hands up and say "I was only following orders!" and thus be devolved of all blame? History has thought us that no he can not.

Hitler and Stalin may have been evil men, but they lived in an evil world. Hitler was elected to power and Stalin had the backing to take power and they ruled almost unopposed while committing deeds that many considered evil. The truth is that many people came to disagree with the policy of both leaders,in their respective countries, but did nothing (or at least very little) to change the regime. Most people simply kept their heads down and got on with their own business while around them their was wide spread murder, persecution and corruption.

Does this make them less evil than Hitler or Stalin? Is it OK to let murder and injustice happen because it is too hard or dangerous to stop it? If it does not involve you, or you are not doing it, can you avoid it?

I can not answer these questions for you, everyone must do that for themselves. However, look at the world around you, the changes that are happening in Africa and the Middle East. Ask your self why did the people not rise up like that in German and Russia?

As I have said, Hitler and Stalin lived in a time when Japanese troops were murdering and raping their way across China, when the US was dropping weapons that it did not fully understand. A world that was still not fully recovered from the last time it tore its self apart and now was doing it again. Indeed, the between war years were not much better, Europe was a broken place, full of fear, depression, famine and death. Evil times indeed.

And yet, the full story is not yet know to us. I have studied history for many years and I can tell you things change. Caesar killed as many and 2 million Gauls for personal glory in a war that did not need to happen. Genghis Khan may have killed as many as 10 million. Winston Churchill was a staunch advocator of the Black and Tan's use of terror tactics in Ireland. Yet these men are revered in many Nations across the world. Not enough time has past to get an objective view on the life and times of Hitler and Stalin (or Chuchill for that matter). Many Russians believe that in order for their Nation to rival the US again another Stalin is needed and look upon the old Dictator with fondness. While some German historians believe that there could be a bust of Hitler displayed in the DDR in Berlin is as little as 100 years.

Like I said, define evil.
A man who executes a prisoner is less evil than a man who orders the deaths of 10000 because he is not trained to think for himself, only to follow the word of his superiors.
I believe the people in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya have risen up because, unlike people in Russia and Germany, they were not as indoctrinated.
Black and Tans were an extreme solution to an extreme problem. No, it shouldn't have been done, but if it ended the violence (like Churchill must have thought it would), would it have been worth while?
This is the most I've thought in weeks.
 

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brunt32 said:
People talk about the mount of people who died under Stalin but remember their sacrifice is what won us WW2, sure it isn't pleasant but sadly war isn't, Stalin was needed for victory.

"Sacrifice can only be lead with salvation and salvation can only be found with Sacrifice"
That's true.
 

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I am gona say Stalin...Becouse the body count was higher...And it was his own people...Hitler hated jews....or something...Stalin just wasn't assholy enough...And i can't actually blame WW2 100% on Hitler...Germany wanted revenge after WW1,Hitler was just the one to say-Lets do this!!!.......or something.....
 

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"the most evil was chamberlain, he just let everything happen."

Okay, first of all that is hugely unfair. He tried his damndest to prevent a horrendous war that neither his country nor France were in any state to fight (look at how quickly French defenses collapsed, they still hadn't recovered from WW1). Also, he bought Britain some much needed time to arm and prepare for war. And I think you can forgive a man for thinking that the guy he's negotiating with is just another world leader and not THE DEVIL INCARNATE. With regards to the question of who was more evil, Hitler or Stalin, I think it boils down to this: Stalin was the more destructive by far in terms of loss of life, but he had a much longer reign to do it. Had Hitler lived as long as Stalin, he would have outmatched his death toll many times over. So I guess what I'm saying is Stalin was more evil, but Hitler had a far greater potential for evil that was never realised. And while I do believe that there is good in any human being, I agree that if "evil" doesn't apply to those two men we may as well retire the word.
 

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Hitler is the greater evil, even if only because history is written by the victorious.
He was the direct threat to you, who cares about a chunk of nations that fell under soviet rule for the next forty years. Just look at how well they are doing.

Mao's cultural revolution killed more than both previous regimes combined, following the tradition of cruelty in the chinese political history.
The Nukes on Japan were unnecessary, the US had reliable intelligence that the country was unable to continue the war and ready to start the negotiations for surrender. They were dropped for weapons testing and advertisement.
Though the US was, and still is, forced to assist Japan against aggression which helped it to achieve it's current economy.
 

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genericusername64 said:
F.D.R ordered a nuke that killed millions, and many more died of radiation poisoning, Japan had suffered from the radiation, and birth defects were higher than ever
actually it was truman who ordered the nuclear attack on hiroshima and nagasaki. F.D.R died 12 of april 1945 witch made vice president truman president of the USA. And the one who ordered the live usage of nuclear weapons on Japan.
 

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genericusername64 said:
F.D.R ordered a nuke that killed millions, and many more died of radiation poisoning, Japan had suffered from the radiation, and birth defects were higher than ever
actually it was truman who ordered the nuclear attack on hiroshima and nagasaki. F.D.R died 12 of april 1945 witch made vice president truman president of the USA. And the one who ordered the live usage of nuclear weapons on Japan. and it wasnt millions. the total casualty number varies but its estimated to around 200000 people. witch is still a lot but nothing compared to Stalin or Hitler.
 

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dropping a warning nuke near Japan, asking them to surrender before you actually dropped one on an a city wouldn't of have costed any lives.

They did demand it after the first bomb. but the japanese refused. witch was the main reason for the second one.
 

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Where did I put that graphic...

All of these men are mass murders but if you really want to talk numbers, which most people seem apt to do instead of subjective evil, I think it should really boil down to how long each person was in power and how many deaths that person caused in that time. I don't think total deaths caused should be the main thing we look at because Stalin was in power for 31 years and Hitler was only in power for 11. So I've done some math for you, I've taken the number of deaths caused and divided it by the years they were in power to create a general rate at which they killed people, or a general ranking of danger to humanity:

1. Zedong, in power for 33 years, caused 78 million deaths at a rate of 2.36 million per year.
2. Tojo, in power for 3 years, caused 5 million deaths at a rate of 1.66 million per year.
3. Hitler, in power for 11 years, caused 17 million deaths at a rate of 1.54 million per year.
4. Stalin, in power for 31 years, caused 23 million deaths at a rate of .74 million per year.

In terms of the rate at which these dictators killed people it seems that Stalin was less than half as dangerous as Hitler was.

Mao Zedong was capable of almost superhuman feats of evil, this includes bringing his cabinet of advisers into power and then years later purposely causing a revolution that killed most of them; he is just about as close as anybody has really gotten to being a hardcore supervillian.

If you want to know just how evil this man was I recommend a viewing of "China: The Mao Years" An excellent in-depth documentary with eye witness interviews about the whole of Mao Zedong's rule in China.

You should be able to find it as a playlist here. [http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=E0FDB21E1D41392C]
 

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k7avenger said:
zehydra said:
inFAMOUSCowZ said:
werty10089 said:
k7avenger said:
genericusername64 said:
F.D.R ordered a nuke that killed millions, and many more died of radiation poisoning, Japan had suffered from the radiation, and birth defects were higher than ever
And a proper invasion of Japan would have killed so many more military personnel and civilians its not even funny. Millions more.

Anyways...Stalin probably. Hell, we were thinking of using Hitler as an ally AGAINST Stalin if I recall correctly.
dropping a warning nuke near Japan, asking them to surrender before you actually dropped one on an a city wouldn't of have costed any lives.

It can't really be judged which man was more evil. Both lived in their bubbles, a rich luxury lifestyle that only an evil dictator can afford. It's easy to order others to suffer while you yourself are living in comfort. And we can't really tell which them watched more of what they were doing.
Do you honestly believe that a country such as Japan would surrender? They may very well have not and then look at the costs of making a nuke.
They would've eventually. We could've just completely barricaded the island. I think the real issue was that the US were afraid of the Soviets getting to Japan first.
And as we all know, soviet occupied territories turned out so well, didn't they? I mean just ask the Germans. And no, the Japaneses would not surrender. They, at the time, put pride before their life. Their soldiers were little more than zealots at the time. I'm pretty sure they were teaching kids to crawl under tanks with bombs strapped to em, and also teaching civilians to fight soldiers with pointy sticks.
...and then there's Hiroo Onoda, the Japanese soldier who served 33 years in WWII, how you ask?

He...just...wouldn't...quit [http://www.damninteresting.com/the-soldier-who-wouldnt-quit/]
 

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genericusername64 said:
F.D.R ordered a nuke that killed millions, and many more died of radiation poisoning, Japan had suffered from the radiation, and birth defects were higher than ever
And millions more would have died with invasion and the war would have gone on for year's.
werty10089 said:
k7avenger said:
genericusername64 said:
F.D.R ordered a nuke that killed millions, and many more died of radiation poisoning, Japan had suffered from the radiation, and birth defects were higher than ever
And a proper invasion of Japan would have killed so many more military personnel and civilians its not even funny. Millions more.

Anyways...Stalin probably. Hell, we were thinking of using Hitler as an ally AGAINST Stalin if I recall correctly.
dropping a warning nuke near Japan, asking them to surrender before you actually dropped one on an a city wouldn't of have costed any lives.
A warning nuke? Two nukes were dropped on two major cities, the Japanese refused to surrender after the first. Japanese military tactic showed they would not have cared about a warning cause they were bat shit insane. Not to mention, if a warning was dropped they would just pull everything to a bunker some where which would pretty much mean the nuke would have little effect.
 
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They were both insane narcissists who rose to power by the folishnes and bigotry of others and used that power to kill massive amounts of people.

I don't really see any difference between them, but since world war 2 was kind of almost good thing (on the very long run) I'm going to say Stalin
 

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There is no "more evil", there is only evil.

Evil is rarely judged by weights.
 

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zehydra said:
k7avenger said:
zehydra said:
inFAMOUSCowZ said:
werty10089 said:
k7avenger said:
genericusername64 said:
F.D.R ordered a nuke that killed millions, and many more died of radiation poisoning, Japan had suffered from the radiation, and birth defects were higher than ever
And a proper invasion of Japan would have killed so many more military personnel and civilians its not even funny. Millions more.

Anyways...Stalin probably. Hell, we were thinking of using Hitler as an ally AGAINST Stalin if I recall correctly.
dropping a warning nuke near Japan, asking them to surrender before you actually dropped one on an a city wouldn't of have costed any lives.

It can't really be judged which man was more evil. Both lived in their bubbles, a rich luxury lifestyle that only an evil dictator can afford. It's easy to order others to suffer while you yourself are living in comfort. And we can't really tell which them watched more of what they were doing.
Do you honestly believe that a country such as Japan would surrender? They may very well have not and then look at the costs of making a nuke.
They would've eventually. We could've just completely barricaded the island. I think the real issue was that the US were afraid of the Soviets getting to Japan first.
And as we all know, soviet occupied territories turned out so well, didn't they? I mean just ask the Germans. And no, the Japaneses would not surrender. They, at the time, put pride before their life. Their soldiers were little more than zealots at the time. I'm pretty sure they were teaching kids to crawl under tanks with bombs strapped to em, and also teaching civilians to fight soldiers with pointy sticks.
Can't imagine a soviet-occupation would've been worse than getting nuked twice.

At any rate, the bomb was a cheap exit, that took a crime against humanity to do it.
Actually, I think Japan turned out pretty good after getting nuked twice. Really good. Like one of the strongest economies in the world good.
 

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if you follow this train of thought then what about the fatman? dropping nukes seems pretty evil, dosent it, US?