I just discovered that Radical Reviewer believes the western account of the 1932 Ukranian famine, and I could not be more disappointed.
I just discovered that Radical Reviewer believes the western account of the 1932 Ukranian famine, and I could not be more disappointed.
Probably something to the argument that the chaos caused by their rapid reforms didn't help.
They, at the very least, failed to address it.
real problem wasn't really grain procurements or kulaks infiltrating collectives and ruining them per se. at least not when looking in the aggregate
it was literally the volume&state of productive forces within agriculture in these vital areas
kulaks stood on a gold mine, and just like how emerald mines in Afghanistan work with 19th century tech to keep prices high, kulaks wanted to remain on top of the pile & hold back the technology to benefit selfishlessly
remember famine was endemic to these areas until after collectivization
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