I agree. When arguing points about death tolls with Leftists, I often go with the lower estimates just to avoid wasting time on “You’re wrong! They didn’t murder 150 million, it was only 40 million!”
What was that quote widely attributed to Stalin: :The death of one man is a tragedy, the death of millions is a statistic.”
They endeavor to keep things as “statistics”.
What was that quote widely attributed to Stalin: :The death of one man is a tragedy, the death of millions is a statistic.”
In China, a million is a rounding error ...