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[–] Z_Poster365@hexbear.net 28 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Liberals don’t understand that everything they think they know about socialism and the USSR is just a handful of smug cliches. They don’t realize they are even doing it because they know so little about the subject

[–] Bureaucrat@hexbear.net 16 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] Z_Poster365@hexbear.net 22 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

It’s never specified whether these purges are killings or incarcerations, or just being removed from their position or from the party.

There were periods of excess and mistakes when purging reactionary and treasonous elements in the military and party during a few periods of acute crisis, but a lot of those dudes were legit reactionaries and tsarist remnants as well.

Lots of good Bolsheviks did get got out of disagreements and power struggles and I think that’s a legitimate criticism and great tragedy, but when you talk about these injustices specifically - it’s much narrowed down compared to what figures Liberals throw out.

Try hundreds not millions or whatever, scale is way off

[–] Bureaucrat@hexbear.net 12 points 7 months ago

Yeah I completely agree. The critique ends up being entirely pointless or at least requiring the admittal that while soviets did something bad, they were the best of all of us.

[–] Bureaucrat@hexbear.net 7 points 7 months ago

I love your posts by the way, never .og off please