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MrWowWow

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Thu Aug 28, 2025, 02:29 PM Aug 2025

Who Are tr💩mp's Role Models/Idols?

Last edited Thu Aug 28, 2025, 05:50 PM - Edit history (1)

-Besides the obvious (Hitler):

Mao or Stalin?

FYI:
Mao Zedong and Joseph Stalin oversaw regimes that caused tens of millions of deaths, but estimates vary widely because of incomplete records, methodology, and whether famine deaths are counted as intentional.

Joseph Stalin (USSR, 1920s–1953)
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Great Purge & political repression: ~1–2 million executed or perished in Gulag camps.

Deportations / forced labor: millions died under harsh conditions.

Famine (notably the Holodomor in Ukraine, 1932–33): ~3–5 million deaths, though some scholars put higher.

Total deaths attributed to Stalin’s rule: generally ~6–9 million, with some upper estimates ~20 million when including indirect famine and Gulag*** deaths.


Mao Zedong (China, 1949–1976)
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Land reform & political campaigns (1950s): 1–2 million executed.

Anti-Rightist Campaign, Cultural Revolution (1966–76): ~1–2 million killed or persecuted to death.

Great Leap Forward famine (1959–61): catastrophic policy failure; death toll estimated 15–45 million from starvation and related causes.

Total deaths attributed to Mao’s rule: most historians place it in the 30–45+ million range, largely due to the famine.



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Comparison

Mao: Caused more deaths overall, mostly from the Great Leap Forward famine.

Stalin: Caused fewer deaths in total than Mao, but still among the deadliest regimes in history.


📌 Bottom line: Mao’s policies are associated with the higher death toll (30–45 million) compared to Stalin’s (6–20 million).


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-Good dramatization of a true story
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Who Are tr💩mp's Role Models/Idols? (Original Post) MrWowWow Aug 2025 OP
Reverse note: After WWII the USA quickjly aided its enemies, Germany and Japan. GreenWave Aug 2025 #1
He's more like Mao who had a rotting brain because of syphilis. Oh and he also loved very young girls. Dave Bowman Aug 2025 #2
Himself. tanyev Aug 2025 #3

GreenWave

(12,800 posts)
1. Reverse note: After WWII the USA quickjly aided its enemies, Germany and Japan.
Thu Aug 28, 2025, 02:34 PM
Aug 2025

The USSR, our ally, sought help too, but the request was "lost". So Stalin then resorted to much more prison labor.

Dave Bowman

(7,456 posts)
2. He's more like Mao who had a rotting brain because of syphilis. Oh and he also loved very young girls.
Thu Aug 28, 2025, 02:41 PM
Aug 2025

tanyev

(49,688 posts)
3. Himself.
Thu Aug 28, 2025, 05:08 PM
Aug 2025

Yeah, he had a book of Hitler’s speeches by his bed and he loves to talk about other dictators, but what exactly does he say about them? How much they like and respect Trump. It’s alllllll about himself.

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