I just discovered that Radical Reviewer believes the western account of the 1932 Ukranian famine, and I could not be more disappointed.

    • volkvulture [none/use name]
      1·
      4 years ago

      there wasn't relentless pressure & grain requisitions were reduced multiple times

      aid was increased many fold & all manner of healthcare and other outreach were mobilized immediately upon hearing of these issues

    • Moonrise [comrade/them,they/them]
      2·
      4 years ago

      I don't think many serious communists actually say the famine never happened as it obviously did. This is kind of a strawml. I almost never see it. Hell I see more leftists say that it was a genocide despite the overwhelming evidence to the contrary. I think its much more important to combat the people who say it was a genocide.

    • modsarefascist [he/him]
      5·
      4 years ago

      That requires tankies to care about the truth when they seem to so often live in their own fantasy world where they replace inconvenient facts with their own versions of events.

      Most socialists of all types do exactly what you're saying. It's the kids who are only socialist to stick it to mommy and daddy that are arguing that it never happened (with the genuine loon here and there too).

      • MerryChristmas [any]
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        4 years ago

        Please stop using the word "tankie" unironically. Even if you think it's a useful label, it's already been adopted by liberals as their go-to pejorative for anyone to the left of Liz Warren. Nobody benefits from this.