this post was submitted on 08 Sep 2023
-10 points (41.4% liked)

Memes

45295 readers
1318 users here now

Rules:

  1. Be civil and nice.
  2. Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] autismdragon@hexbear.net -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

OK lemmy user "ilovethebomb"

But yes, Kulaks were exploiters.

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because they had slightly more land than their neighbors? Or a business?

Cool, cool.

[–] autismdragon@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Because they intentionally destroyed resources to fight collectivization (ie throwing a tantrum to avoid having to share with people with less than them), which while the process was admittedly mishandled ended up being a good thing in the long run.

Also I'm not just going to believe a Wikipedia article that anyone with even slightly more than others was labled a Kulak anyway.

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

ended up being a good thing in the long run.

They had a famine and millions died.

[–] autismdragon@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

It wasn't caused by collectivization and I said "the long run".

That famine was the last one in the region. There had been famines in the region during the czar's time frequently.

[–] Bobby_DROP_TABLES@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago

It wasn't a famine, Stalin literally ate all of the food single-handedly with his massive spoon. Tankies like you will deny this.