Starting to get that feeling in the first 26 pages. It’s great and have wanted to read it for a while now. But wondering what the take is here on it overall.

The line he literally wrote about the population size of Russia being unsuitable for socialism is like verbatim RW criticism used today and typically repeated when saying that it while it may work in small European counties it won’t here.

Need also to brush up on the Russian Revolution, having only read some of John Reed’s account.

  • Shinji_Ikari [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Part of me really wants to find triple citations of all of this to get this acquaintance of mine to finally shut the fuck up about "gulag archipelago". But part of me knows he'd never accept any of them and it'd only serve to hurt my own mental health.

      • Shinji_Ikari [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        You've got no fucking idea man.

        I decided it wasn't even worth dealing with his disingenuous debate bro bullshit and just go full unapologetic "I dont care about gulags and you wont convince me otherwise".

        i fall into arguments so easily and get far too invested and all I do is waste time with cryptofascists.

        • LeninWeave [none/use name]
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          2 years ago

          “I dont care about gulags and you wont convince me otherwise”.

          I do care about gulags. I care so much I'LL FUCKING DO IT AGAIN. :twisted:

          • Shinji_Ikari [he/him]
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            2 years ago

            Oh he hated it when I suggested that yes, there are many chuds who are a legit danger to society and should be put away.

    • Vncredleader
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      2 years ago

      The first time I realized Taibi was sus was when he mentioned that he was reading Gulag archipelago _again