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[-] FireTower@lemmy.world 27 points 1 month ago

I don't think people 20+ years from now will instantly jump to Trump when they hear Donald. Just like how if you meet George you don't think of Bush.

[-] ech@lemm.ee 24 points 1 month ago

Yeah, Adolf really doesn't bring anyone notable to mind.

[-] FireTower@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

Trump may be a very poor candidate, but he didn't kill 13 million people.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 14 points 1 month ago

1: Yet.

2: That isn't even the sum of the Holocaust, much less combat casualties from the USSR alone which are absolutely on his head.

[-] ech@lemm.ee 11 points 1 month ago

Let him have another term and we'll see how he measure up. And he's up to a few 100k so far in my books.

[-] Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Yeah, he only killed about 1.4 million.

[-] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 2 points 1 month ago

Actually curious, what is that figure?

[-] Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Number of excess deaths from COVID.

[-] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 points 1 month ago
[-] Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago
[-] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 points 1 month ago

Excess deaths are typically defined as the difference between the observed numbers of deaths in specific time periods and expected numbers of deaths in the same time periods.

That's pretty horrific. I have an American friend explaining to me as well how he could be plotting a fascist takeover

[-] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Dammit, Donnie! These are rookie numbers! You gotta get those numbers up!

[-] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Not yet. He's certainly working on it.

[-] LemmyRefugee@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Estimates are between 50 and a 100 million people.For example USSR is said to lose around 18 million people in that war.

[-] Cethin@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

I would suspect that people can do basic math and realize why someone was named Donald if they're born near today. It might not immediately jump to mind, but it also wouldn't be subtle. I would bet no one else is naming their child Donald unless it's a family name.

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