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#248 – Norman Naimark: Genocide, Stalin, Hitler, Mao, and Absolute Power

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The Laxistic Slope

I wonder how much of it is a slippery slope in the early 20s, 1920s. I just wonder maybe the murder of a single human being just to get them because you're paranoid about them potentially threatening your power. Does that murder an open a door? And once you open the door, you become a different human being. A deeper question here is the Solzhenitsyn: "The line between good and evil runs in every man"

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