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RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 9 hours agoBoth the horrific ideologically motivated methods to punish peasants and agrarian population and the ideological dislike of agrarian population and the fast collectivization are well documented. I can quote you choice parts from Stalin: A new biography of a dictator by Oleg Khlevniuk when I get home from work, if you want the claims to be sourced.
Socialism_Everyday@reddthat.com 9 hours ago
Stalin disliking Kulaks or his personal beliefs towards peasants are not evidence of policy, and it’s the only source you will be able to provide. In contrast, I can bring you quotes by Anna Louise Strong, an American journalist (first woman to get a doctorate in Chicago university) who traveled and documented the USSR, proving that peasants generally supported the Bolshevik movement and government during the collectivization, and how most trials against Kulaks were carried out by peasants themselves.
RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 9 hours ago
The book has ample evidence for it having been a systemic policy.
Socialism_Everyday@reddthat.com 9 hours ago
By it being systemic policy, what do you mean it? What policy, specifically, and in what timeframe?
RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 8 hours ago
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