121 pts · September 20, 2017
The first decade was the great depression... Literally, everything after that was a massive improvement.
USSR did with the kulaks and use them as scapegoats for societal woes.
Also, the more negative a society perceives entrepreneurial behaviors, the more likely the society is to single out entrepreneurs, like the
So, to "solve monetary disparities" you want to remove 95% of people's money and give it to the government? That → ↓ individual motivation.
That has never worked. Ever. And to what end anyway? A few months/years of free trade would → unequal monetary distribution again.
Where they burn books...
Hardly a good endorsement: "After killing and imprisoning millions of their own, the USSR got much better... right before it collapsed."
You might be interested in a little fiction called Scientology
Could easily be a reference to the book of Genesis. If they made that book into a movie, it'd be rated NC-17.
anti-revolutionary speech.
due to the massive food shortages and famine. The kicker? Anyone who admitted to starving, were charged under article 58 for
to the kulak farmers. He illustrated in graphic details the desperation that many communistic citizens faced, as they turned to cannibalism
children. All of this cruelty directed at "the upper classes," starting with the royal family, but quickly encompassing everyone down
trials, the oppression of any anti-revolutionary thought under article 58, the unmarked mass graves where they buried men, women and
He meticulously wrote out three volumes worth of human attrocities committed by the soviet union. The beatings, the torture, the lack of
I did read up on it, Bucko. Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Soljenitsin. He's far more convincing, and much more credible.
I agree, communism IS stupid.
So they only killed a few mill/yr? When the USSR collapsed, millions of political prisoners were released. Less communism → ↓oppression.
So why not take the initiative instead of piling on and making things worse?
No. Not surprised, just disappointed. But I prefer truth and progress over points.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yUP40gwht0
Stop complaining. If you think you know how to improve it, go forth and do it. Improve the party, improve the country.
@dandelionbomb FLAWLESS VICTORY!!!
Communism is oppressive. Every communist regime has been exceedingly oppressive. China, N. Korea, Vietnam, Lao, Cuba, USSR, etc.
But what is the font???
There is no such thing as perfect anonymity.
Soon after Stalin, the USSR was less Communist.
Well, go clean your room and post more Jordan Peterson to Imgur, Bucko!
And after those months and months of reading, you realize that you've only finished volume 1 of 3.
Maybe. But if you adopt that view, it becomes difficult to find the motivation to enjoy life, much less suffer through the bad parts.
The first decade was the great depression... Literally, everything after that was a massive improvement.
USSR did with the kulaks and use them as scapegoats for societal woes.
Also, the more negative a society perceives entrepreneurial behaviors, the more likely the society is to single out entrepreneurs, like the
So, to "solve monetary disparities" you want to remove 95% of people's money and give it to the government? That → ↓ individual motivation.
That has never worked. Ever. And to what end anyway? A few months/years of free trade would → unequal monetary distribution again.
Where they burn books...
Hardly a good endorsement: "After killing and imprisoning millions of their own, the USSR got much better... right before it collapsed."
You might be interested in a little fiction called Scientology
Could easily be a reference to the book of Genesis. If they made that book into a movie, it'd be rated NC-17.
anti-revolutionary speech.
due to the massive food shortages and famine. The kicker? Anyone who admitted to starving, were charged under article 58 for
to the kulak farmers. He illustrated in graphic details the desperation that many communistic citizens faced, as they turned to cannibalism
children. All of this cruelty directed at "the upper classes," starting with the royal family, but quickly encompassing everyone down
trials, the oppression of any anti-revolutionary thought under article 58, the unmarked mass graves where they buried men, women and
He meticulously wrote out three volumes worth of human attrocities committed by the soviet union. The beatings, the torture, the lack of
I did read up on it, Bucko. Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Soljenitsin. He's far more convincing, and much more credible.
I agree, communism IS stupid.
So they only killed a few mill/yr? When the USSR collapsed, millions of political prisoners were released. Less communism → ↓oppression.
So why not take the initiative instead of piling on and making things worse?
No. Not surprised, just disappointed. But I prefer truth and progress over points.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yUP40gwht0
Stop complaining. If you think you know how to improve it, go forth and do it. Improve the party, improve the country.
@dandelionbomb FLAWLESS VICTORY!!!
Communism is oppressive. Every communist regime has been exceedingly oppressive. China, N. Korea, Vietnam, Lao, Cuba, USSR, etc.
But what is the font???
There is no such thing as perfect anonymity.
Soon after Stalin, the USSR was less Communist.
Well, go clean your room and post more Jordan Peterson to Imgur, Bucko!
And after those months and months of reading, you realize that you've only finished volume 1 of 3.
Maybe. But if you adopt that view, it becomes difficult to find the motivation to enjoy life, much less suffer through the bad parts.