I have a friend who is by all accounts very socialist but was absolutely horrified when I claimed that the USSR was not “bad” and that many of the deaths it is blamed for have a much more complicated reason. They also called me a tankie, much to my despair as it really displayed to me how many brainworms they have. They also were fairly close to calling me a genocide denier 💀

This person is a freshman in college and I’d like to try and help them unlearn these ideas. They are queer and Canadian,and they also thought Vaush was great if that’s helpful at all. Does anyone have any accessible resources to help them unlearn what they’ve been taught about the USSR?

  • 420blazeit69 [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    They actually went for the big red Holodomor button, not even the little stuff

    Unfortunately, Holomodor shit is basically in the mainstream historical narrative now (at least in the imperial core). Look at all the European countries issuing condemnations of it. Unless someone reads about the period in a university-level history class they're going to be susceptible to it.