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Stalin and Mao killed over 80 million and did not make omelets despite the broken eggs.

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Victor Davis Hanson
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: September 5
Classical Scholar
Historian
Journalist
University Teacher
Fowler
California
Millions
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Stalin
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