This supposedly radical indie rock band just posted a 17 page screed against “authoritarian” communism with classic digs at China, the USSR, Stalin, and Mao plus Free Tibet nonsense. The reason for this post? Dubious claims that Stalin shot avant garde and experimental musicians with them citing Shostakovich and Ligeti, two composers who were never killed by the USSR, as examples lol

Their sole source, aside from telling people to google lol, is The Rest Is Noise by Alex Ross

Disappointing to see several good musicians like this post though

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[–] 25 points 2 days ago*

Aw. I liked them when I was younger, but somehow I can't say I'm surprised.

May their peripheral vision be dogged by shadowy figures in Cheka garb who vanish when they try to look directly, but reappear closer when they look away specter-global

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