Genocide is defined as the deliberate and systematic destruction of a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group. That’s not what Stalin did. He was simply murdering everyone & anyone that was a problem to him & his gov’t.
“Mass murder” doesn’t seem up to describing what Stalin did. But “genocide” isn’t really appropriate, either.
He tried to destroy Ukrainians. That's a national or ethnic group. By your definition, Stalin committed genocide.
“Mass murder” doesn’t seem up to describing what Stalin did. But “genocide” isn’t really appropriate, either.
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Since WWII it has been the nationalist side of the national socialist that has born the weight genocide. But that’s not true. It was the socialist side of the nationalist socialists that caused the mass murder. Why do we know that? Leftist ideologies Socialism/communism is what Germany Russia China and cambodia all have in common when they committed their atrocities.
It’s properly called “democide” or death by government. Atheist communist regimes are the clear “winners” in that department. See my post here:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4286465/posts?page=60#60
See also:
Democide vs genocide: which is what?
https://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/GENOCIDE.HTM
I actually th8nk you’re right to make that distinction. Stalin may have committed genocide via famine in Ukraine; I don’t know the details.
The late historian Robert Rummel talked of “democide,” mass extermination by government,
He spent much of his career trying to document it, and wrote a number of books about it. Go to https://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/NOTE5.HTM if you’d like to learn more.