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I would say the USSR was a shithole, but that's really because of the backwardness of the Russian Empire. The communist party were busy making it more industrialized so they can't really be blamed.
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Disinterested posted:Yeah, the idea that Stalin was just doing an inevitably bloody process of industrialisation is one of the more poo poo-eating forms of revisionism going. Guess you prefer a Nazi Europe to a brutal industrialization process.
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Jan 20, 2015 14:26
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Disinterested posted:This can only be a troll. Read one yourself. Or preferably the post you are replying to. I never supported gulags. And yes, it seems like prioritizing industry while allowing for the risk of a famine was the only way the USSR could keep up with the west. If you knew anything about the USSR you would know that an invasion from the west were their primary concern from its conception until the cold war. Note: I don't support the death penalty, genocide, dictatorships, authoritarianism or anything else you associate with Stalin or Stalin himself. He was power-hungry murderer. I still think you are going too far in your rabid anti-communism to not say the industrialization was necessary for victory, or a great achievement in itself. Party In My Diapee fucked around with this message at 14:40 on Jan 20, 2015 |
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Jan 20, 2015 14:36
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My nation-state is better than your nation-state!
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Jan 21, 2015 13:38
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asdf32 posted:
Actually worse than Hitler.
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Jan 21, 2015 15:24
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You know how the Mediterranean used to be dominated by Hellenistic culture after Megas Alexandros killed everybody? This is what the US did to Europe after WW2.
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You realise the Macedonians under Alexander were the barbarians, right?
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