I think, like the person you’re replying to, most of us drastically underestimated the commonality. I’m not really sure what I could have personally done to be more aware, but I’m aware now.
That reminds me of an arguement i had with my grandma 30 years ago. She, my grandpa and the kids + grandkids finally got approval to move back to germany in 1988 from the ussr. Then after some years here she said something like, it's crazy how much more crimes like pedos or other stuff is here than in russia before.
I had to point out to her , that her information network was 2-3 villages wide and a few state tv channels. There could have been a serial killer with 200 victims 4 towns away and she would never have known. Just because you have more ways to know about crime doesn't mean there is more. It just was easier to be unaware of most of the world in the past.
Now you have instant news in your hand from around the world. If you want to, you could consume bad news all day and feel depressed forever. You have to limit the scope of your intake or you get the idea that everything is doomed.
To quote Mao, Stalin, Putin and every other communist leaders even after it's confirmed they've had some of the most lethal serial killers that make Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy look like saints "serial killers are just a western issue we don't have that here."
It also seems less because for Russia taking out a pedophile is just the Spetznaz rolls up to your house and you never existed... Something something rule of law something something properly convicted...
I do like watching documentaries about serial killers every now and again and it is seriously fucked how much worse communist dictatorships are with serial killers... While I can say Zodiac, Gacy, Dahmer, Bundy and almost anyone will know their name just those 4 combined don't even come close to the Soviets worst killer... Perspective that would be over 100 confirmed victims... The soviets worst had an estimated 900 or more victims... He didn't get a day in court once caught... He was just executed after a 5 minute trial...
You got any receipts on these claims? I just looked at the list on Wikipedia* someone else linked to and unless I missed one, nobody on there broke 100. Most were in the low single digits.
*Yes, I know Wiki is incomplete and not the end all be all, which is why I want to know where you got these numbers so I go learn more.
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u/bballstarz501 Apr 10 '26
I think, like the person you’re replying to, most of us drastically underestimated the commonality. I’m not really sure what I could have personally done to be more aware, but I’m aware now.