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  • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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    10 months ago

    Worth noting - That's not what caused the 1932 famines. Sabotage and resistance to collectivization were a factor, but the major cause was a severe drought, and the Soviet government failed to act to relieve the famine due to a variety of communication, logistics, and administrative problems. Resistance to collectivization and sabotage were contributing factors, but not anywhere near sufficient to have caused the famine by themselves. The predominate analogy I've seen is that the actions of the government were akin to manslaughter; There was no intention to cause death, but the government had the responsibility and resources to greatly mitigate the harm and failed to do so.

    Calling that a genocide is straight up holocaust denying/double holocaust nazi and ukrainian nazi bs, of course.