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minus-squareNewDark@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·11 days agoThe communists werent fascist, they were communist. I didn’t think I’d need to say that but here we are.
minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-211 days agoThe 1930s USSR was squarely under the rule of Joseph Stalin, a brutal dictator. It was a time of mass starvation and persecution.
minus-squareNewDark@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-211 days agoAuthoritarian is not fascism. It is a component, but communism and fascism are not even close to synonymous. There was one famine from mismanagement, and Stalin wasn’t a great guy but this shit is really overblown.
The communists werent fascist, they were communist.
I didn’t think I’d need to say that but here we are.
The 1930s USSR was squarely under the rule of Joseph Stalin, a brutal dictator. It was a time of mass starvation and persecution.
Authoritarian is not fascism. It is a component, but communism and fascism are not even close to synonymous.
There was one famine from mismanagement, and Stalin wasn’t a great guy but this shit is really overblown.