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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[–] 2 points 1 day ago

Yeah, they're framing it like it's a bad thing, but all they needed to do to not get PURGED was to just be good at music, skill issue smh.

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