tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484626660177622626.post2314814498391124977..comments2024-03-27T19:54:34.479+00:00Comments on Falling On A Bruise: The Importance Of Mein KampfFalling on a bruisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05518409624331248084noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484626660177622626.post-34621502791394976982014-01-10T18:34:06.291+00:002014-01-10T18:34:06.291+00:00Because you know what his views led to, it makes i...Because you know what his views led to, it makes it a bit more chilling for me but i agree, it's not a page turner. <br /><br />Good point q, maybe we have a Westcentric view of him, Stalin especially played a huge role in defining and dominating the 20th Century. Lucynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484626660177622626.post-22519490057917808662014-01-10T18:22:26.782+00:002014-01-10T18:22:26.782+00:00saying hitler "dominated" the 20the cent...saying hitler "dominated" the 20the century is reasonable. Still, i think an argument of domination can be made with equal merit for: <br /><br />stalin - led russia 30 years, established the USSR, kept eastern europe under his boot for 10 years, executed 700,000 people, put over 14 million through Gulags <br /><br />mao - led china for 30 years, established the platform for the success china is having today, is credited with starving a minimum of 15 million people to death, imprisoning another 6 million <br /><br />hirohito - jacked more of asia than europe and africa combined, approved the use of chemical weapons almost 400 times, killed at least 20 million chinese <br /><br />qAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484626660177622626.post-721304707343780462014-01-10T16:48:21.875+00:002014-01-10T16:48:21.875+00:00I thought it was a reasonably dull rant back when ...I thought it was a reasonably dull rant back when I read it (admittedly that was when I was about 14 or 15). <br /><br />There's only so many times someone can say that they hate jews/bolsheviks/socialists/trade unions/'the mud races'/ gypsies/etc. before it all starts to lose it's initial sting and become a bit silly. <br /><br />On the plus side, maybe we should make it compulsory reading for anyone flirting with fascism? It might cure them! <br />Cheezynoreply@blogger.com