The Romanovs absolutely deserved a slow death in a smoky basement, and if Lenin ordered it, that only makes me respect him more.

Maybe their deaths would have been more merciful had they not had actual diamonds sewn into their clothes.

  • fed [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    I mean saying the kids “deserved it” is kinda cring. It was a necessity because as long as the family lineage existed there would be pro monarchy forces.

    The kids did not “deserve” to be murdered for being born into decadence. The oldest was 17, like cmon.

    • ssjmarx [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      I wouldn't say it was necessary either. The Chinese didn't feel it necessary to kill the Emperor. The French also didn't kill the children of any of the kings that they overthrew (the Bourbon Restoration originated from one of Louis XVI's cousins, not his children, who all either died young or vanished into obscurity).

      and besides, claiming that the existence of counterrevolutionary forces is somehow contingent upon the existence of a claimant to the throne is some non-materialist shit. The counterrevolution will always be attempted, whether they can rally it around a monarch or not.

      • mao [he/him]
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        4 years ago

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        • ImperativeMandates [none/use name]
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          4 years ago

          . a claimant to the throne IS really fucking powerful in a state that has monarchy ideology as its superstructure. THERE’S you historical materialism.

          Thanks, that is the correct take