The difference is that the darwinists were executed for being darwinists. The marxists/leninists were executed for being in the way (power struggle) rather than to achieve ideological purity. This kind of thing happens when scientific work become subordinate to the government.
The difference is that the darwinists were executed for being darwinists. The marxists/leninists were executed for being in the way (power struggle) rather than to achieve ideological purity. This kind of thing happens when scientific work become subordinate to the government. Consider this statement. "This kind of thing happens when scientific work become subordinate to government."
Do you feel there is a ethical difference between executing "someone for being in the way" and "to achieve ideological purity?" Where would Stalin's murders of Christians rank on this scale?