“ A Bourgeoisified Reactionary Parasitic Class”?

[mcdonald douglas]

Mao/Stalin and the other communists were the greatest mass murderers in history.The communist holocaust that swept through Asia and Russia must be thought and discussed in our schools.

[Old Mr Grouser]

... George Orwell wrote about "...Political writing....consisting almost entirely of prefabricated phrases bolted together like the pieces of a child's Meccano set."

"prefabricated phrases bolted together like the pieces of a child's Meccano set."

Thank you, Ivo.

That's the best quote I've heard in a long time.

I shall use it myself - probably with regard to all the religious tripe that the Vatican and the bishops are forever throwing at us.

[deirdrem]

Mao/Stalin and the other communists were the greatest mass murderers in history.The communist holocaust that swept through Asia and Russia must be thought and discussed in our schools.

While it's true that many died under these two regimes, I think you'll find that Hitler went a little further.
The war that he began with his invasion of Poland ended with, I believe, something like 50 million deaths. It may be the case that he didn't organise all those deaths, but he was the instigator in bringing them about, and therefore responsible.
In his own country alone, Germany, I think the second world war ended with something in the region of 10 million fewer Germans than when it began. Perhaps a good way of judging Hitler is precisely how he destroyed his own country through his policies. His international actions are a further indictment of him and his politics, those of the corporate state/corporatism, nazism, fascism, call it what you will, and certainly leave Communism way behind in their bestial nature.

[IvoShandor]

While it's true that many died under these two regimes, I think you'll find that Hitler went a little further.
The war that he began with his invasion of Poland ended with, I believe, something like 50 million deaths. It may be the case that he didn't organise all those deaths, but he was the instigator in bringing them about, and therefore responsible.
In his own country alone, Germany, I think the second world war ended with something in the region of 10 million fewer Germans than when it began. Perhaps a good way of judging Hitler is precisely how he destroyed his own country through his policies. His international actions are a further indictment of him and his politics, those of the corporate state/corporatism, nazism, fascism, call it what you will, and certainly leave Communism way behind in their bestial nature.

I'd consider that there is little or nothing between them. If the toll from Lao Gai, the Hundred Flowers,the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution are added to the toll of Stalinism it would equal the toll from Nazi-ism and Japanese Militarism combined. And as bad as Nazi-ism was, it never (nor did Stalinism either,to be fair) lead to situations where people were eating each other as happened under Mao.