The Spectre@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.ml · 1 day agoCommunism in theory vs in practicelemmy.mlimagemessage-square369fedilinkarrow-up11.36Karrow-down191cross-posted to: politicalmemes@lemmy.worldsocialism@lemmy.mlmemes@lemmygrad.ml
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minus-squareAnarcho-Bolshevik@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·7 hours agoGareth Jones pointed to excessive grain appropriations and the “export of foodstuffs” by Soviet authorities as a cause but that it was “not so much the Soviet Government as the world crisis, which is to blame.” Read Blackshirts and Reds. Yeah, good luck convincing one anticommunist to read any of Michael Parenti’s books. You’ll have an easier time pulling teeth.
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up9·7 hours agoTo be fair, I have done it at least twice on Lemmy. Maybe I should go into dentistry instead, though, lol
Gareth Jones pointed to excessive grain appropriations and the “export of foodstuffs” by Soviet authorities as a cause but that it was “not so much the Soviet Government as the world crisis, which is to blame.”
Yeah, good luck convincing one anticommunist to read any of Michael Parenti’s books. You’ll have an easier time pulling teeth.
To be fair, I have done it at least twice on Lemmy. Maybe I should go into dentistry instead, though, lol