• Rod_Blagojevic [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    That is true, but I still like it as a retort to lib criticism of Stalin that almost always involves something that didn’t really happen anyway. As far as Stalin being homophobic, I don’t know anything about it, but I do know that he knew that the false scarcity and false precariousness created by his capitalist and feudal enemies is what causes reactionary thought to flourish.

    • Lols [they/them]@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      I still like it as a retort to lib criticism of Stalin that almost always involves something that didn’t really happen anyway

      I don’t know anything about it,

      do you reckon that waving criticisms off as ‘almost always involving something that didn’t really happen anyway’ while not knowing anything about whats being criticised is a winning strategy, or that exclusively learning about the wholesome, sanitary parts of a persons actions, statements, ideals and beliefs is a healthy way to approach historical figures

      heres some reading if youre interested, from a source youll probably actually appreciate