I’m simply asking this question because of Lemmygrad.ml existing, and that there isn’t a far-right equivalent of it yet. If Lemmygrad has any standing for its right to exist under free speech, where is the line drawn for other extremist political ideologies? If Holodomor skepticism is allowed, then what stops Holocaust skepticism? (as it is generally accepted the Holodomor was man-made). I’m simply wondering what gives far-left politics a right to promote such extremist views in the Fediverse, when their far-right counterparts would be Defederated in minutes.
I’m not sure about Marx and Lenin, but Mao does not belong on that list. He basked in luxury while tens of millions starved to death, then handed power to the next generation of brutal tyrants, not to the people. His intentions were anything but benevolent.
It has happened on occasion—kings have on occasion decided to replace themselves with democracy—but you’re right, it isn’t common. Most people at the top of the hierarchy got there by clawing their way up, because they crave power.