Replying to a message of Ed Hulett to Ross Sauer:

 RS>> Given more time like the communists had, the Nazis would
 RS>> have killed far more than the communists could.

 EH> "More time?" The Nazis had from 1939 to 1945. The USSR
 EH> starved 20+ million in one year. Mao killed off uncounted
 EH> millions in less time than that. Pol Pot killed millions in
 EH> just days.

You might want to look at R J Rummel's book "Death by Government,"
published, IIRC, in 1977.  It lists totals....

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