Punching up vs punching down is the distinction there.
Natzis want to (and have done) kill off the “weak” and “Jewish”
Communists want to (and have done) take away all the money from (which is only marginally better than killing) people who currently have wealth (and therefore power). Killing and eating the Rich isn’t an end in itself, the way it is for Natzis, it’s a threat to get what the Communists want, which is control of the wealth/property.
To be honest, I don’t really think it matters much how sympathetic or powerful the to-be-executed-class is. I’m glad communists don’t want to murder Jews too but it seems naive to me to assume that has much to do with quality of life under the rule of people like OP except for those parties in question. It’s the demand for authoritarian control that’s concerning, not the particular group of people that they want to guillotine after they get it.
Punching up vs punching down is the distinction there. Natzis want to (and have done) kill off the “weak” and “Jewish” Communists want to (and have done) take away all the money from (which is only marginally better than killing) people who currently have wealth (and therefore power). Killing and eating the Rich isn’t an end in itself, the way it is for Natzis, it’s a threat to get what the Communists want, which is control of the wealth/property.
To be honest, I don’t really think it matters much how sympathetic or powerful the to-be-executed-class is. I’m glad communists don’t want to murder Jews too but it seems naive to me to assume that has much to do with quality of life under the rule of people like OP except for those parties in question. It’s the demand for authoritarian control that’s concerning, not the particular group of people that they want to guillotine after they get it.
Except for the moments when they accuse the Jews of being—or trying to become—rich and powerful, of course. (1, 2)