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We all know Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, and Mao Zedong were ruthless, murderous dictators, but which of the three is directly responsible for more deaths than any other person in history? Tell your grandma to watch this video.

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"Killing is Wrong" by ENR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh_ZJx5t6D0

Sources/further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_by_country
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/canadian-journal-of-law-and-jurisprudence/article/abs/lawful-murder-unnecessary-killing-in-the-law-of-war/3B2420EDF48199D70A8B88C81F5784B4
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/killing-does-not-come-easy-for-soldiers/2017/10/13/6008e742-ae26-11e7-9b93-b97043e57a22_story.html
On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society by Dave Grossman
The Last and Greatest Battle: Finding the Will, Commitment, and Strategy to End Military Suicides by John Bateson
https://fee.org/articles/who-was-the-biggest-mass-murderer-in-history/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2016/08/03/giving-historys-greatest-mass-murderer-his-due/
https://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/05/21/death-statistic/
https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2011/01/27/hitler-vs-stalin-who-was-worse/
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1302&context=gc_etds
What inspired this video:
https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2018/02/05/who-killed-more-hitler-stalin-or-mao/
https://www.heritage.org/asia/commentary/the-legacy-mao-zedong-mass-murder
https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/documenting-numbers-of-victims-of-the-holocaust-and-nazi-persecution
https://www.livescience.com/64420-holocaust-jewish-deaths.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excess_mortality_in_the_Soviet_Union_under_Joseph_Stalin
https://www.ibtimes.com/how-many-people-did-joseph-stalin-kill-1111789
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/05/29/why-maoism-still-resonates-china-today/
https://archive.org/details/modernchinafallr00fenb/page/351/mode/2up
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1994/07/17/how-many-died-new-evidence-suggests-far-higher-numbers-for-the-victims-of-mao-zedongs-era/01044df5-03dd-49f4-a453-a033c5287bce/

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