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From the book "Stalin" the seminal work of Historian Domenico Losurdo

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[-] BeamBrain@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It is incontestable that Stalin raised the standard of living. The Russian people don't go hungry.

If you showed a lib this quote without context they'd cry "tankie"

Your average lib's view of Stalin is to the right of Hitler's

[-] drinkinglakewater@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

Libs would twist this into "red fash tankies literally quoting Hitler to justify Stalinist Russia" or something

[-] BeamBrain@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Unlike modern libs, Hitler had to engage in the material reality of Russia on some level because he was fighting a war against it, rather than just going off of vibes and half-remembered Red Scare propaganda

[-] Sephitard9001@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

Exactly like the classic fallacy they love to use:

Lib cites public CIA talking point as proof we need to bomb X country. You say, "The CIA lies about this stuff all the time, here's an internal CIA memo where they discuss lying and controlling the media to generate fervor and consent for killing these other people" The lib says, "Aha, so the CIA isn't a trustworthy source but you're citing them here"

This way they can A. Dismiss criticism against CIA B. Maintain that the CIA is a trustworthy source. C. Prevent you from citing the CIA despite them supposedly believing it is trustworthy (when it says stuff they like).

[-] somename@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

“Stalin fed the Russians by stealing the food from Ukrainians. Haven’t you heard of a little thing called Holodomor.”

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