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RE: If Hitler Had Won
There is a comparison. I didn't see him mention numbers. He mentioned acts. I can compare 1 apple to a bushel of apples. They still share traits. Had he said one number was no worse than another you might have a point, and then all he would need to do his go to the numbers of Stalin or Mao to see who the clear winners are in the most kills game.
I didn't make it explicit, but it is of course also about the intention to kill, the reason why; that is when numbers start to matter. Hate crime on an industrial scale across borders is incomparable with what happened with the Japanese during their internment, what "most people would do", or the way most governments behave.
Indeed I find it absurd (and kinda disturbing) when people value attrocities based on numbers. The act belittles humans into cattle, sheer numbers.
Stalin knew that people make such poor comparisons and acted like he did. In his words
"One death is a tragedy; one million is a statistic"