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[–] thefreepenguinalt@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 year ago (6 children)

"A single death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic" -J. V. Džugašvili

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 1 year ago (5 children)
[–] ronweasleysl@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago

Funny story. The first time I read that quote was from Call of Duty 2. I was pretty apolitical and ignorant about history. I didn't have some blanket negative view of Stalin back then so I actually liked the quote. I didn't think it was negative or some evil maniac giggling about how he could kill millions because it was a statistic. I thought he was lamenting the fact that the death of one 'great' figure would be treated as a tragedy and the deaths of millions (his countrymen) would be treated as a statistic. The Georgian poet strikes again.

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