Sentience

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Hitler had no reasoning behind his saying that Jews where subhuman. He made esoteric claims about the 'strength of pure blood' and that, at the particular historical juncture seemed to be enough for the german people to go on.

I resorted to no mystical bullshit, in any case.

Also, I suggest you do not lump any dictator, and any genocide in with another. Historical occasions may have parallels, but should be observed on a case by case basis. For example, the Holocaust was actually the completetion of the Nazi ideal, whereas Stalin's pogroms where the cheapest degradation of the communistic ideal. This is a substantial difference Vince, because it tells us that Fascism can and should be held responsible even on the philosophical level for it's numerous atrocities, whereas Communism on the whole isn't to blame for the Pogroms, but Stalinism is.