Consider the following quote from the writings of Joseph Stalin: "The death of a single Russian soldier is a tragedy.The death of a million soldiers is a statistic." This quote illustrates the idea behind the

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The quote reflects the identifiable victim effect, which refers to the tendency for people to respond more emotionally and generously to single individuals who are identifiable, as opposed to large groups or abstract statistics. Stalin's words suggest that while the death of a single soldier is a tragedy that elicits emotional response, the death of a million soldiers becomes just a statistic that may not elicit the same level of emotional reaction.

Consider the Following Quote from the Writings of Joseph Stalin