- cross-posted to:
- globalnews@lemmy.zip
- cross-posted to:
- globalnews@lemmy.zip
A Palestinian man was found dead in a park in the Belgian city of Antwerp with his hands and feet tied, leaving the cause of his death a mystery amid authorities’ suggestion that it may have been a suicide.
“Suicide.”
No, I’m referring to the postwar situation of the 1940s in which thousands of Poles were deliberately starved to death by Soviet authorities.
Yes, that’s kind of the point. The Soviets were opportunistic genocidaires. The Nazis sabotaged their own war effort to engage in more genocide. One. Is. Worse.
So the 1946/47 Winter? Germany also hungered back then, it was an extreme cold and draught double-whammy, but by the life of me I can’t find anything about Poland, and that’s with searching for sources in Polish.
Yes: Being opportunistic is more effective in the long run. Cold-bloodedness doesn’t tend to make things better, on the contrary, as it necessitates habit it’s harder to overcome.
…and just for the record: If you’d been arguing that the Soviets were worse I’d have challenged you by arguing that the Nazis were worse. That’s my very point. They’re both worse.
That’s not how comparatives work. Two things can’t both be ‘worse’ if they’re the only things being discussed.