KurtVonnegut [comrade/them]

Yes, I am SO happy that Ukraine is no longer under the colonial domination of the U.S.S.R., they must be doing very well today as an independent capitalist nation, aided by NATO. Ukraine is doing well, right? And liberal, capitalist Russia is also doing much better now, right?

The United States of America just assisted in carrying out a genocide.

China has lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty through progressive economic policies.

Please tell me, specifically, why “both states are awful.”

Basement dwelling losers when they see a woman in real life:

His position essentially boils down to race being the primary contradiction, not class.

This can be true or false, but it entirely depends on the specific society you are talking about. For example, in China today, I do not think racism is the “primary contradiction,” although it certainly does exist. The decisions that the Communist Party has to make in regards to going along with global capitalism or pushing to expand socialism internally and externally are the primary contradiction in China now.

South Africa during Apartheid? Yes, racism had to be addressed first and foremost. But even there, class was so aligned with race that the most popular and successful figure, Nelson Mandela, was a socialist who believed that capitalism and wealth inequality were also harmful to society.

Voting solves nothing. If the Republicans are pro-genocide and pro-environmental collapse and the Democrats are also pro-genocide and pro-environmental collapse, voting is not the solution to our problem. You might as well criticize me for which type of shoes I wear, it has the same influence on Politics, which is zero.

If you want to learn about Stalin, I would start by reading Stephen Kotkin’s two books which cover his life up to WWII in detail. Kotkin is a liberal, so he is no fan of Stalin, but he does very thorough research.

Stalin: Passage to Revolution by Ronald Grigor Suny gives a more sympathetic account of Stalin’s early life, his extreme suffering caused by the Czarist regime, and his dedication to making the world a better place. This book goes in depth into the Menshevik-Bolshevik split, and why Stalin chose to side with Lenin and internationalist socialism instead of the more nationalist Georgian Mensheviks.

Domenico Losurdo’s Stalin: History and Critique of a Black Legend does not go in-depth in biographical details, but it is definitely the best “defense” of Stalin’s various actions. The main rhetorical technique is comparing Stalin to other leaders at the time - Hitler, FDR, Churchill, etc… To the point: Stalin never attacked a city with a nuclear bomb (like the USA), Stalin never caused famine and starvation for profit (like Britain), and Stalin never tried to exterminate an entire ethno-religious group (like Hitler). Nobody is saying Stalin was perfect, but compared to other world leaders he was a much more moral leader than them, and ultimately did much more good for the world overall, such as almost single-handedly defeating Nazi Germany.

Yes, the real smart people know that Stalin was evil like Darth Vader right?

Please read a book before you post. No investigation, no right to speak.

The entire earth’s waters are under the USA’s jurisdiction, didn’t you know? Maybe you should read some more CNN news stories about China’s evil navy trying to take over the South China Sea from the USA, who obviously should have more control over the South China Sea than China does. And the Israeli Navy is just another branch of the American Navy, which has the second largest air force in the world (after the American Air Force).

Slight correction: Stalin never robbed a train. Georgia pre-1917 did not have many passenger trains (the Russian Empire did not industrialize its peripheral territories very well). Stalin did help in robbing a stagecoach full of money headed to a bank, though. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1907_Tiflis_bank_robbery

We need some Firefly emotes on Hexbear. Especially the combination of the USA-Chinese flag.

Corrupt politician.

You should e-mail that to the presidents of Cuba, Venezuela, and China, to show them the error of their communist ways.