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Gibbon1 on May 26, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: German court sends VW execs to prison over Dieselg...

Kill a man you're a murderer. Kill millions and you're a statesman.

moomin on May 26, 2025 [–]

Pretty sure that’s known as The Blair Doctrine.

appreciatorBus on May 26, 2025 | [–]

Or the Stalin doctrine, "One death is a tragedy, a million deaths a statistic"

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