Duncan Frissell wrote:
For the actual numbers of the major government murders see
http://www.laissezfaire.org/pl6300.html
DEATH BY GOVERNMENT by R.J. Rummel (Transaction Books, 1994)
I. Background Over 133,147,000 Murdered: Pre-Twentieth-Century Democide, 45. II. 128,168,000 Victims: The DekaMegaMurderers III. 19,178,000 Victims: The Lesser MegaMurderers IV 4,145,000 Victims: The Suspected MegaMurderers
Duncan, You have to keep in mind that these deaths were all necessary in order to curtail drug dealing and pornography. (Although it gave rise to a sharp increase in necrophilia.) I read a passage of a book long ago in which a historian recounted a number of different fallen dictators known for bloody purges who reminesced that if they had controlled their moments of "softness" (translate~~killed more of the right people) that they would still be in power. I wonder if Hitler's final words were, "Well, they won't have Adolf Hitler to kick around, anymore." DeathMonger