2006-11-07 08:38:15 · 9 answers · asked by jsjmlj 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
I consider them both pretty evil. Consider this, Stalin's mass killings were mostly before WW II (100,000 a year), and mostly from his purges and 'collectivization in early 30's with the latest estimate of around 20-30 million dead. His genocide wasn't a full time occupation to his death, unlike Hitler, but that's where the comparison stops. When comparing the two, both were evil, both put people in concentration camps, both committed genocide, both were dictators, both...well you get the picture. The one factor Hitler had over Stalin tho, Hitler was insane. Stalin was just angry and distrustful.
Other things to consider,Stalin killed more people, Hitler started WW II, Hitler killed the Jews and some people in his nation, but he started the war that resulted in many troops dying on both sides. Hitler may be considered the greater of both evils; tho Stalin killed more people it is said, Hitler's action ensured that those loses were as high as possible.
It is my conclusion that Hitler may be the 'evil-er" of them all and should be vilified more, but comparing them is ludicrous, now that i think about it, so just forget about it!
2006-11-07 12:49:22 · answer #1 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
America was once Stalin's ally, and was never openly at war with him. So in a way what happened in Russia back then stayed in Russia.
I think you have a point about the fact Hitler killed Jews, and Poles, and other people: The fact he was a racist helped demonize him. Stalin wasn't a racist: He didn't care who he killed.
2006-11-07 16:51:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most people don't know the gross figures, and believe Hitler to be worse due to media distortion. Mao should be hated the most, Followed by Stalin and then Hitler.
2006-11-07 16:47:20 · answer #3 · answered by Black Sabbath 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's probably down to information.
There's truck loads of information about Hitler and his henchmen thanks, in part, to the Nuremberg Trials but the Soviet Union shut down all sources of external information and it was difficult to know exactly what he did.
By the time the specifics had gotten out, time had passed and people were no longer interested. A lot of it happened a long time ago and to people who weren't "like us" westerners, just some sort of not-very advanced foreigners.
It's disgusting but the same is true of Mao, not all the info has gotten out and what there is involves people with names most of us can't pronounce or remember in places we can't pronounce or remember either.
2006-11-08 19:00:29 · answer #4 · answered by Sairey G 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably because Stalin helped us at one point
2006-11-07 16:43:23 · answer #5 · answered by leena 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
yes it is and pus hitler started a war when stalen made a country that almost ended the world.
2006-11-07 16:46:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
b/c those german nazis kept sinking our cruise ships with their u-boats.
b/c Hitler was the leader while stalin was his running mate.
2006-11-07 16:42:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because Americans only care about that which effects them or what the media tells them effects them.
And to the idiot that said the US never cared about "commie bastards": Have you ever heard of the Red Scare or the Cold War? The USSR? Moron!
2006-11-07 16:46:31 · answer #8 · answered by Autogestion 3 · 1⤊ 4⤋
It's his particular style of mustache. It's more evil than Stalin's. Plus, we've never really cared about commie bastards.
2006-11-07 16:42:39 · answer #9 · answered by Docta Jones 4 · 0⤊ 4⤋