It’s Too Big, Isn’t It?

Total number of victims Event Soviet collectivization Holodomor Kazakh famine of 1932–33 Great Purge Excess mortality in the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin Est. number of deaths 22,000,000–48,000,000 4,500,000–7,000,000 1,450,000 800,000 it's too big isn't it?

An anime-style woman reclines on a couch beside a large chart listing estimated deaths from Soviet collectivization, the Holodomor, the Kazakh famine, and the Great Purge. She remarks, “it’s too big isn’t it?”, turning the enormous death toll into an absurdly suggestive joke. It is used as a dark, provocative reaction to something excessively large or overwhelming. EN: An anime-style woman reclines on a couch beside a large chart listing estimated deaths from Soviet collectivization, the Holodomor, the Kazakh famine, and the Great Purge. She remarks, “it’s too big isn’t it?”, turning the enormous death toll into an absurdly suggestive joke. It is used as a dark, provocative reaction to something excessively large or overwhelming.

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