You have your history wrong.

"mimic the gesture that would come to identify the most murderous nation on the planet"

Most murderous dictators

Mao (China) 40 million

Stalin (Soviet Union) 20 million

Hitler (Nazi Germany) 12 million

Leopold II (Belgium) 10 million

Tojo (Japan) 5 million

https://historyofrussia.org/stalin-killed-how-many-people/

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