I stopped arguing with Marxist-Leninists (Stalinists) a long time ago. For me that’s useless, the same as arguing with nationalists. But sometimes I still can’t resist. I apologize for that, because this message is off topic. I was honestly surprised to see that there are still so many Stalinists in the West, especially in this Marxist group. Probably they have no real experience of living under such a regime, like we did in Eastern Europe or Yugoslavia. From 1945 to 1950, Yugoslavia almost completely copied the Soviet system under Stalin. At that time, Stalin was like a god for most communists in my country. I think I already wrote about this a few times earlier on the forum. I am just repeating myself. I can also repeat again a thought of famous Yugoslav ( Croatian) marxist philosopher Milan Kangrga "If you label Stalinism as left, then you might as well shoot yourself. We won't say Stalin was a follower of Marx or a humanitarian, will we?"
In my second comment, I posted a list of prominent Yugoslav revolutionaries who devoted their lives to socialism and the October Revolution, only to be killed in Stalin’s purges. It’s believed that hundreds of Yugoslav communists who lived in or visited the Soviet Union seeking safety were purged, imprisoned, or executed. I thought that alone should be enough to show the real character of the Stalinist regime. No further comments. My apologies again; this is just a response to some of Charles’s statements. Some additional reading for Charles: https://pages.uoregon.edu/kimball/Lewin.Moshe.on.USSR.htm -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#39225): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/39225 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/116179785/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
