tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3428850841046457972.post3571386404284511523..comments2024-03-07T01:02:50.463-08:00Comments on Popular Science: Dostoyevsky and the function of one variableManuel Alfonsecahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12774826547519124306noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3428850841046457972.post-66817008085778447272015-11-03T10:04:59.659-08:002015-11-03T10:04:59.659-08:00Thanks for your correction. I was adding both numb...Thanks for your correction. I was adding both numbers you give (people starved as a result of politics are people killed). Perhaps my figures are exaggerated and the real number is nearer 7-8 million than 30, but I have also seen the other figure.Manuel Alfonsecahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12774826547519124306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3428850841046457972.post-80918820873877200382015-11-03T09:56:10.462-08:002015-11-03T09:56:10.462-08:00Interesting post. It's true that social issue...Interesting post. It's true that social issues and economic issues are two totally different things. One fact you had wrong, though - Stalin's Great Purges only killed about a million people. However his agricultural policies starved 5-7 million Russian peasants and imprisoned many more. Stalin seemed to have imprisoned more people than he killed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3428850841046457972.post-11601963646583931132015-10-29T02:40:25.081-07:002015-10-29T02:40:25.081-07:00Fascinating post. I've often thought when watc...Fascinating post. I've often thought when watching political discussions (mainly on the BBC) that the interviewers insist on people answering A or B. Often they want to reply with a more complex response and not be boxed into A or B. I don't think our media (speaking from the UK) helps us to think in any depth about current issues.Ericnoreply@blogger.com