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

  • This [it/its]
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    4 years ago

    The Great Famine (Holodomor) of 1932–33 – a man-made demographic catastrophe unprecedented in peacetime. Of the estimated six to eight million people who died in the Soviet Union, about four to five million were Ukrainians ... Its deliberate nature is underscored by the fact that no physical basis for famine existed in Ukraine ... Soviet authorities set requisition quotas for Ukraine at an impossibly high level. Brigades of special agents were dispatched to Ukraine to assist in procurement, and homes were routinely searched and foodstuffs confiscated ... The rural population was left with insufficient food to feed itself.

    Stalin wanted to punish those who resisted his authority, so while while he didn't outright crack their windpipe, he sure as shit didn't take his foot off their neck.

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

      The Great Famine (Holodomor) of 1932–33 – a man-made demographic catastrophe unprecedented in peacetime.

      *Looks up source*

      https://www.britannica.com/place/Ukraine/The-famine-of-1932-33

      *MFW*

        • TheBroodian [none/use name]
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          4 years ago

          Issue is that for the "integrity" of their publication, they will cling to the official narrative on topics like these.

        • volkvulture [none/use name]
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          4 years ago

          Britannica was bought by an American company a while back

          but specifically the Holodomor entry in Britannica was written by a non-scholar named Anne Applebaum

          Anne Applebaum admits to never earning her PhD and giving up on academic pursuits in college... therefore she isn't a lecturer or a historical authority in any real sense

          https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EqeK6slW8AEW6tI?format=jpg&name=large

          the review of the book on which she has built this recent reputation as a "popularizer" of historical narratives here is quite illuminating

          https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/169438

          Anne Applebaum is not a serious scholar of history nor is she a credible source on these matters