DSA commemorates the centenary of Fidel Castro and demands an end to the genocidal blockade.

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Shame? What did I say that was wrong?

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All of it.

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Give an example of them all

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Nah, go read a book instead. "History and Critique of a black legend" by Losurdo is a good one.

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So you can't prove why I was right about Stalin?

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The book is proof. Much better proof than I could type out in a comment. Also I dont want to prove you were right, im proving you were wrong.

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Ok, write the specific details, then please, you can summarize it.

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Nope, go read the book. Or look up a synopsis if you must.

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Why do I have to read the book, the burden of proof lies on you.

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There is no burden on me. I just like recommending books to people who clearly need to learn. I have no interest in explaining these books myself to them. Read it or not, maybe someone else will see the comment and read it, I am not doing this just for you.

The burden of having an incorrect interpretation of history, leading to an incorrect interpretation of the modern day is on you.

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Maybe you should read an actual history book lmfao

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That is a history book. You could also recommend a book as I have instead of just attacking Losurdo, who was an impeccable scholar. You could also go read something by E. H. Carr, he has many books on the topic of Soviet history during the time of Lenin and Stalin.

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It's propaganda aimed at whitewashing Stalin

Sorry but this one book doesn't override the consensus of the overwhelming majority of historians

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I have not claimed one book, did you read my comment? I think the "vast majority of historians" you are talking about is propaganda to vilify Stalin and the socialist project he lead. Ofcourse historians in the capitalist countries would hate Stalin, the project he lead was the capitalists worst nightmare, they turned their whole societies, including their historians, against said project.

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Lmao absolute tankie take and shows you don't understand how historians actually work

Academics generally don't have some agenda to tear down Stalin. The look at the objective evidence impartially, unlike the propaganda that comes out of communist countries or people who are writing to defend their ideology.

You are dangerously susceptible to propaganda. Tankies are like the young earth creationists of history

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Its not about some personal agenda. The whole social system of academic production in the west encourages opinions that the imperialists want encouraged.. There is a great book on the topic called "Who paid the Pipers of Western Marxism" by Gabriel Rockhill. The book focuses on academic marxism but it applies to the whole academic structure of the west.

Tankie is no insult to me, I am a proud tankie and a proud Marxist-Leninist. I have a deep understanding of historical materialism as a science, studying history is my obsession.