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

  • TheBroodian [none/use name]
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    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