It means the USSR was already industrializing -- and Stalin made sure that process would be (1) tightly controlled by the state & (2) would benefit primarily the imperial core of Russia.
If you think capital does not bear relevance to the development of the USSR, you have not understood Leninism.
The USSR killed Jews en masse, mostly as elements of a 'cosmopolitan bourgeoisie' (clear antisemitic dogwhistle) or simply as Jews. He also directed his cabinet to collaborate with the Nazis in their holocaust, firing Litvinov as FM and installing Molotov with clear instructions to comply with the Nazis. Heck, even Khrushchev admitted that Stalin died on the cusp of engineering a holocaust of his own. I will refrain on commenting how he treated other minorities.
Mate, the only thing you have to say is that Ukraine is getting fucked over left and right. Instead you find the strangest ways to twist that into apologizing for Russian imperialist interests.
Stop calling anyone who doesnt follow your narrow vision of events a liberal. It's lazy.
I'm an anarchist (and frankly not very interested in your bootlicking excuses).
This chart applies to every developing country in the world and says nothing specifically about China. Even Nigeria, a neo colonial hell hole plagued by famines, follows the same trend.
The reason I am interested in the Ukrainian people is because I am European and volunteer in refugee relief. I am confronted with the human cost of this invasion on a very, very regular basis. The lives of 33 million people have been violently uprooted by the decision of a foreign state, and the only socialist stance to take in that regard is clear condemnation. It is that simple.
My question was: how does the violence of the invasion help the self determination of Ukrainian people?
I'll be more explicit: why not simply acknowledge that the invasion is not only unlawful, but deeply immoral -- and completely contradictory to the self determination of a people?
A conspiracy theory popular amongst delusional Marxists-Leninists, and that's an important difference.
Still it's funny to see these (often) so called anti colonial thinkers struggle with the idea of self determination of other nations. Nothing can happen without American involvement, obvs.
On behalf of my Uyghur friends who haven't spoken to their parents in years, because they were imprisoned for their children emigrating: fuck you. A really deep, heartfelt fuck you.
I am not making a normative statement. I actually kind of appreciate the effort of the museum. But being astonished by the intended outrage is kind of... I don't know, naive?
It means the USSR was already industrializing -- and Stalin made sure that process would be (1) tightly controlled by the state & (2) would benefit primarily the imperial core of Russia.
If you think capital does not bear relevance to the development of the USSR, you have not understood Leninism.
The USSR killed Jews en masse, mostly as elements of a 'cosmopolitan bourgeoisie' (clear antisemitic dogwhistle) or simply as Jews. He also directed his cabinet to collaborate with the Nazis in their holocaust, firing Litvinov as FM and installing Molotov with clear instructions to comply with the Nazis. Heck, even Khrushchev admitted that Stalin died on the cusp of engineering a holocaust of his own. I will refrain on commenting how he treated other minorities.