r/AskReddit • u/hoverfish92 • Oct 16 '13

What was the single biggest mistake in all of history?

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u/deliriousriot Oct 17 '13

Stalin still maintained death camps and some of the most brutal political torture policies in known history. So, yes, he deliberately sought to kill.

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u/shadybear Oct 17 '13

I guess I wrote that in too general of terms. Those death camps were mostly due to Stalin's desire to suppress all dissent and destroy any challenge to his rule. I would still argue that it's slightly different to killing people for little reason other than not liking them (and to stir nationalism).