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Deceptichum@quokk.au 1 day agoSure sure buddy. How many children ended up orphans thanks to the gulags? Bet they received a quality upbringing. Oh and the gays in the gulags wanted to be there right?
That’s authoritarianism, not getting banned from a meme comm.
And here we go with the cold-war propaganda :D called you from the first second.
Anarchism in Spain led to many, many more gays in concentration camps and murdered than in the USSR because anarchism cannot historically defeat fascism! That’s the authoritarianism you should be focusing on, especially in 2026 as we see the rise of fascism once again
It’s called history, I thought you studied it? :D or do you neglect the parts of history that showcase how bad authoritarianism is.
If anarchism is to blame for a different system that came after it than Marxist-Leninism is to blame for the capitalist shithole that is Russia today.
Go choke on a boot, I got better things to do than argue with you.
If anarchism is to blame for a different system that came after it than Marxist-Leninism is to blame for the capitalist shithole that is Russia today
Literally yes, we Marxist leninists study history in order to prevent the same mistakes. That’s why we have entire books devoted to the topic such as “Socialism Betrayed” analyzing the history and mistakes of the socialists in the USSR that led to its dissolution. Imagine engaging in honest criticism of your own ideology.
Still, Marxist Leninism brought 70 years of development and human rights to a former absolutist monarchy and saved its inhabitants from extermination at the hands of Nazism, and it still survives in many countries like Cuba, Vietnam, Laos or freaking China.
Ignoring the part where they’re 100% right about spanish anarchists throwing people in camps because it’s inconvenient for your bullshit lol, try again
They also cape for Nazis by ignoring pograms and lynchings to suit their narrative.
mathemachristian@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
Wont somebody please think of the poor princes??? How many kids had to grow up without their nazi collaborator dad there to guide them on the path of
fascismanticommunism?Riverside@reddthat.com 1 day ago
To be fair, there was excess repression during the late 1930s in the USSR, but people massively inflate the numbers and won’t ever tell that only about 1/4 of prisoners in the prison system (whose acronym was GULAG) were actually politically motivated. People also don’t understand that the harsh conditions in Soviet prisons were due to a Soviet-wide famine caused by the Nazi aggression:
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Edie@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
Afaik not true. The average westerner may think so, but GULAG is an acronym for a specific part of the system.
copypasted my earlier comment
if you would consult the chart from chapter 10: Image The etymology of GULAG is: “the acronym of Гла́вное управле́ние исправи́тельно-трудовы́х лагере́й (Glávnoje upravlénije ispravítelʹno-trudovýx lageréj, “Chief Administration of Corrective-Labor Camps”)” emphasis mine, as it corresponds directly to the above, specifically the camps under the O.G.P.U. These are where those with harsher sentences were sent, as seen in the chart (3-10 years)
Riverside@reddthat.com 1 day ago
Nice chart, thanks for the correction
mathemachristian@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
right but this person isnt really the nuanced type, they’re cherrypicking and so am I
Riverside@reddthat.com 1 day ago
I know, I know you from hexbear (this is my alt), I just try to engage with the highest level of intellectual honesty possible when I’m in lib instances because people have the idea that there’s no honest analysis of the repressions within ML circles when it’s exactly the opposite way.
BlackLaZoR@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
Thrers an old joke: Two guys in Gulag talk,
Riverside@reddthat.com 20 hours ago
Don’t base your analysis of reality off jokes
Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 19 hours ago
This is the highest level of political literacy most westerners will ever achieve
Deceptichum@quokk.au 1 day ago
Everyone thrown in gulags was a prince!!!!!!1one
eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
All those queers? Princes. All those different socialists? Also princes. Hundreds of kingdoms, with millions of dollars each.
mathemachristian@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
owned