See also Tthe Great Leap Forward.
I’d say they count—if a system doesn’t allow for quickly changing (or better, preventing) policies which cause death on a grand scale, there’s something wrong with the system.
Something very wrong—yes.
Mass murder - ??
Edit to add: On reflection, the Great Leap Forward is a lot more like Stalin and the Kulaks than the unedited version of this comment might suggest.
See also Tthe Great Leap Forward.
I’d say they count—if a system doesn’t allow for quickly changing (or better, preventing) policies which cause death on a grand scale, there’s something wrong with the system.
Something very wrong—yes.
Mass murder - ??
Edit to add: On reflection, the Great Leap Forward is a lot more like Stalin and the Kulaks than the unedited version of this comment might suggest.