How would you compare torture to civil war AKA mass murder?
I would reject the comparison as a false dichotomy. The world's political systems can't just be bimodal distribution of ineffectual neolibs and self-styled 'strong man' autocracts.
I didn't ask to choose one or the other, therefore there's no dichotomy, therefore there's no false dichotomy.
I don't understand the question either. "Compare" in what way? Both torture and civil war are bad, but they're not similar or analogous.
How would you compare child abuse to famine?