Everybody eventually dies under all these systems.
How many people were executed by organs of the state, including prematurely dying in forced labor camps, is a much more relevant metric.
How many people were executed by organs of the state, including prematurely dying in forced labor camps, is a much more relevant metric.
No, it's a metric that perfectly reinforces the argument if that's the only metric you cherry pick and insist people use.
However, looking a bit further reveals massacres between 1945 to 1947. The Wikipedia article about his secret police has "A List Of People Assasinated" by them...
And since we are talking about cherry-picking, this is a problem I have with people claiming to be "on the left": this selective blindness to obvious horrendous crimes by the regime and abuse of power that these things lead to.