[SoConPubbie]

I think it is legitimate to characterize the communist outrages of the 20th century as a holocaust. In terms of their brutality and sheer numbers, the atrocities of Stalin, Mao, and Castro certainly rival Hitler’s.

Actually, in terms of sheer numbers, they dwarf Hitler's efforts.

[IronJack]

But as one poster pointed out, once it passes a certain point, the numbers aren’t even comprehensible. No question, socialism in its various incarnations has been the single greatest cause of death in the history of mankind. And where it doesn’t kill, it always trails clouds of misery.

Anyone clinging to such a failed model must be pathologically misanthropic.