Summary

Mass graves uncovered in Syria after Bashar al-Assad’s overthrow reveal evidence of systematic atrocities, with over 100,000 people tortured and killed in what a top war crimes prosecutor described as the worst abuses “since the Nazis.”

Assad’s regime operated a “machinery of death,” involving mass disappearances, torture, and secret burials.

Rebel forces freed thousands of political prisoners, but many remain missing.

International efforts aim to document war crimes, though Assad, now in Russia, is unlikely to face trial.

  • @[email protected]
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    -1216 hours ago

    Socialism is when the workers own the means of production; How would that cause genocide in your opinion?

    What do you mean, “would”?

    • fxomt
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      1016 hours ago

      You implied that socialism kills. How?

      Perhaps you meant authoritarianism?

      • @[email protected]
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        713 hours ago

        I’m on-side with socialism - but to be fair, most of the real world examples that call/called themselves socialist do have a pretty bad track record of descending into totalitarianism/authoritarianism.

        • fxomt
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          213 hours ago

          Yup, but those are intentional. That’s how an ML state functions. That’s why Marxism Leninism is a bad idea.