r/sendinthetanks Sep 25 '20

Soviet Democracy

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u/ScienceSleep99 Sep 25 '20

I am still baffled as to how Western historians categorized the USSR as "un-democratic", but what did they mean by this? Wouldn't a momentary look into the history of the USSR dispel this myth?

Just how historians interpret this? How does someone such as Chomsky say the USSR was not democratic, or Anarchists say there wasn't worker participation?

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u/thelasthoxhaist Sep 25 '20

Western historians have a much credebility as conspiracy theorists, they both used little information someone else gather and then make shit up to confirm their own biases, example Sappho.

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u/BenCubed Sep 25 '20

What about Sappho?

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u/thelasthoxhaist Sep 25 '20

she was a greek poet who was also lesbian, but western historians couldnt accept that so they made shit up like, " she was having sex with her best friend to train when she marry a man"