Глава комиссии по реабилитации: за время сталинских репрессий народы СССР лишились 100 миллионов человек

Более четырех миллионов жертв политических репрессий были реабилитированы после смерти Иосифа Сталина в 1953 году, и работа в этом направлении продолжается, сообщает РИА "Новости". Об этом заявил журналистам в понедельник председатель Комиссии при президенте России по реабилитации жертв политических репрессий Александр Яковлев.
Между тем всего в ходе репрессий и во время Великой Отечественной войны в СССР погибли около 62 миллионов человек. При этом, по словам Яковлева, "жертвами политических репрессий стали около 32 миллионов человек, в том числе 13 миллионов - в период Гражданский войны". С учетом неродившихся детей начиная с 1917 года народы СССР лишились более 100 миллионов человек.

Также нуждаются в отдельном рассмотрении дела таких политических деятелей, как Берия, Ягода, Ежов, поскольку в свое время они были осуждены и расстреляны по ложным обвинениям в шпионаже, тогда как их надо судить за уничтожение людей, подчеркнул Яковлев.

В этой связи он считает необходимым увеличить количество сотрудников Военной прокуратуры и других органов для изучения дел жертв политических репрессий. По его мнению, "формально" закончить их рассмотрение можно за два-три года.

Кроме того, в понедельник Александр Яковлев встречался с Владимиром Путиным. После встречи Яковлев сообщил, что глава государства поддержал инициативу создания межведомственной комиссии. По словам Яковлева, комиссия, в которую, предположительно, войдут представители МВД, ФСБ, СВР, Минобороны, прокуратуры, Верховного суда, а также архивной службы, будет изучать все имеющиеся материалы для того, чтобы "узнать, сколько людей действительно было перемолото кровавой мельницей" сталинского режима.

QDear Captain,
What makes communism so dangerous?   If the majority of an area feels that communism is right for them, why should they not have the right to practice it?   
- Also, can you do anything about the insanely girly background of the board (maybe a little less pink)?

ADear pinkie (I didn't know what else to call you),

You pose two excellent questions and I compliment you for that.   I am very sad to say that I have no influence on the background colors of the board. When I asked about why they were so girly I was told I needed to get in touch with my feminie side.   I apologize.

Your other question is a very valid question.   First we must establish that communism is not only an economic policy but a form of government as welll.   Modern communism is dictated by the idea that there is a necessary and "temporary" dicatorship of the prolateriat until the perfect society has been created.   With that being said, my criticism will not only entail the econimic policies, but the governmental policies as well.   

One of the greatest criticisms of communism is an in depth analysis of its application over the last 50 years.   We always mention the diabolical nature of Hitler for killing 11 million in the Holocaust, but if we alalyzie the three most prevelant communist regimes of the past fifty years we will see that they made Hitler look like an angel.

It has been estimated that between 22 and 30 million russians were killed by order of Stalin.   That number excludes the 7 million Ukranians who were slaughtered by the forced famines of Stalin's regime.   Lenin himself order the execution of nearly 500,000 people.   Below I have listed some of the worst communist dictators in teh last fifty years.

Mao Tze Dong (China, 1966-69) 31,000,000 (cultural revolution). It is interesting to note that I have seen estimates of this that have exceeded 100 million.   This is an average estimate.
Pol Pot (Cambodia, 1975-79) 1,700,000.   This was done in a country with less than 11 million people.   He killed between 15 and 20% of the population.

Kim Il Sung (North Korea, 1948-94) 1.6 million (purges and concentration camps). And Jimmy Carter said it was wrong of us to label this country as evil.
Leonid Brezhnev (Afghanistan, 1979-1982) 1.1 million.   Why do you think the Taliban was initially welcomed with open arms?
This list is not compreshensive, but it gives a general idea of what communism always ends up doing.   With those examples it is difficult for anyone to argue that communism is a good thing for the general population.   Now let me tell you some more about why I am opposed to communism on every level.

The problem I have with communism is that it takes away the individual's agency and freedom.   Under communism the people have no say in the ruling and running of the country. They are told what to believe and how to believe it.   Why do you never see dissent in communist countries?   Because they are oppressed so brutally that the people are scared to speak out.   I am old enough to remember the massacre at Tienamam Square.   It was the first time I had ever witnessed somebody being executed on live TV.   No matter what complaints we have with our government, we can say they allow us to speak our opinions. If the majority of the people chose communism and then later decided they didn't like the decision, they would have no way to overturn their past decision.

Communism entails and absolutly equal distribution of all goods and services.   That sounds really appealing on paper, but in pracitce it is a miserable failure.   No one can say that the standard of living in Cuba, N. Korea or the old Soviet Union were ever close to that of the US.   The problem came down to lack of incentive.   There was not any incentive to work harder.   When I am at work I work harder because I am rewarded for being better at my job than the other employees.   If I was paid, no matter what, the same as the laziest of my coworkers, I would have no inscentive to work hard. I would no longer be responsible and accountable for my actions at work.

The same is true for communism.   There is no reward or punisment for producion, ingenuity or attitudes at work.   The danger in this lies in the fact that it makes parasites out of men.   They don't believe they have to work for what they get, the instead believe that they are entitled to hand outs from the government.   We must remember that the standard of living here in the US is better for the poor than just about everyone in N. Korea.

Under communism the agency to act with what you earn is impossible.   If the majority of the people chose communism then there would still be a minority that didn't believe that thier work would be soley for the benefit of others.   Novels like Atlas Shrugged, Anthem, A Brave New World, 1984, Animal Farm, We and others give us glimpses into worlds where government has been given total control.   In closing, communism is so dangerous because it is an attempt to control every aspect of human existence. It formulates the exact type of education one should recieve, denies the existence of God and even the right to worship Him, takes away the profit motive, and teaches that an individual lives for the benefit of the state, and the the other way around.

The Captain