billswift comments on Single Point of Moral Failure - Less Wrong

14 Post author: Alexandros 06 April 2010 10:44PM

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Comment author: billswift 07 April 2010 12:47:09PM 3 points [-]

As a percentage of the population, the Thirty-Years War, at least nominally between the Catholics and Protestants in 17th century Germany, was the bloodiest in history, with estimates of 20% to 25% of the population dying.

Comment author: torekp 08 April 2010 10:52:34PM 3 points [-]

As far as I know, Pol Pot's government "wins" the democide contest, having killed off about 30% of the Cambodian population.