[marshmallow]

Because authoritarian governments tend to kill large numbers of their own and other's citizens, while democracies historically do not.

You would of course, be excluding the 40 million which this democracy has offed in the last 30 years or so.

Do they count?

Or do we get a pass because it's done in the name of personal liberty and freedom of "choice"?

[Wonder Warthog]

"You would of course, be excluding the 40 million which this democracy has offed in the last 30 years or so."

I'm talking about a long-term historical trend--not recent history. But to rebut your point---with the current flavors of authoritarian governments, you get BOTH. "Do they count?

Of course they do. "Or do we get a pass because it's done in the name of personal liberty and freedom of "choice"?"

See point above about authoritarian governments.