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[+] Starglasses@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pelya@lemmy.world -3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yup. And networking would inevitably involve vodka. All major decisions would eventually involve vodka in USSR. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Grayox@lemmy.ml [S] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) One of Stalin's failures almost any tankie won't deny. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world -3 points 2 years ago* (2 children) Vodka had been linked to the Russian economy under multiple Czars. I'm not sure that Stalin could have separated the two even if he had wanted to. Admittedly it doesn't appear that he wanted to. I'm pretty sure that the USSR was screwed the moment that Lenin returned from exile in Germany, or when Wilson was elected. Take your pick. The Menchaviks would have been a better government. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago* (2 children) The mechaviks literally wanted to continue ww1 and have a psuedo democracy where the bourgeoisie were literally guaranteed a majority of seats, wtf are you talking about? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] juchenecromancer@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 years ago Bro got his history lessons from OverSimplified permalink fedilink source parent [–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) I wasn't aware of that. I was under the impression they were less extreme than the Bolsheviks, and didn't want to execute everyone that wasn't a hard core Bolshevik permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) They were more extreme than the bolseviks but less extreme than the monarchists, they were just on the side of capitalists so were painted with a nicer brush by capitalist historians permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Gotcha, that explains why the sources I have read, showed them as favorable to the Menchaviks permalink fedilink source parent [–] Grayox@lemmy.ml [S] -2 points 2 years ago I just find it ironic that Stalin was everything that the party worried about Trotsky becoming. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pelya@lemmy.world -3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yup. And networking would inevitably involve vodka. All major decisions would eventually involve vodka in USSR. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Grayox@lemmy.ml [S] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) One of Stalin's failures almost any tankie won't deny. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world -3 points 2 years ago* (2 children) Vodka had been linked to the Russian economy under multiple Czars. I'm not sure that Stalin could have separated the two even if he had wanted to. Admittedly it doesn't appear that he wanted to. I'm pretty sure that the USSR was screwed the moment that Lenin returned from exile in Germany, or when Wilson was elected. Take your pick. The Menchaviks would have been a better government. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago* (2 children) The mechaviks literally wanted to continue ww1 and have a psuedo democracy where the bourgeoisie were literally guaranteed a majority of seats, wtf are you talking about? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] juchenecromancer@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 years ago Bro got his history lessons from OverSimplified permalink fedilink source parent [–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) I wasn't aware of that. I was under the impression they were less extreme than the Bolsheviks, and didn't want to execute everyone that wasn't a hard core Bolshevik permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) They were more extreme than the bolseviks but less extreme than the monarchists, they were just on the side of capitalists so were painted with a nicer brush by capitalist historians permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Gotcha, that explains why the sources I have read, showed them as favorable to the Menchaviks permalink fedilink source parent [–] Grayox@lemmy.ml [S] -2 points 2 years ago I just find it ironic that Stalin was everything that the party worried about Trotsky becoming. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Grayox@lemmy.ml [S] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) One of Stalin's failures almost any tankie won't deny. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world -3 points 2 years ago* (2 children) Vodka had been linked to the Russian economy under multiple Czars. I'm not sure that Stalin could have separated the two even if he had wanted to. Admittedly it doesn't appear that he wanted to. I'm pretty sure that the USSR was screwed the moment that Lenin returned from exile in Germany, or when Wilson was elected. Take your pick. The Menchaviks would have been a better government. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago* (2 children) The mechaviks literally wanted to continue ww1 and have a psuedo democracy where the bourgeoisie were literally guaranteed a majority of seats, wtf are you talking about? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] juchenecromancer@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 years ago Bro got his history lessons from OverSimplified permalink fedilink source parent [–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) I wasn't aware of that. I was under the impression they were less extreme than the Bolsheviks, and didn't want to execute everyone that wasn't a hard core Bolshevik permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) They were more extreme than the bolseviks but less extreme than the monarchists, they were just on the side of capitalists so were painted with a nicer brush by capitalist historians permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Gotcha, that explains why the sources I have read, showed them as favorable to the Menchaviks permalink fedilink source parent [–] Grayox@lemmy.ml [S] -2 points 2 years ago I just find it ironic that Stalin was everything that the party worried about Trotsky becoming. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world -3 points 2 years ago* (2 children) Vodka had been linked to the Russian economy under multiple Czars. I'm not sure that Stalin could have separated the two even if he had wanted to. Admittedly it doesn't appear that he wanted to. I'm pretty sure that the USSR was screwed the moment that Lenin returned from exile in Germany, or when Wilson was elected. Take your pick. The Menchaviks would have been a better government. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago* (2 children) The mechaviks literally wanted to continue ww1 and have a psuedo democracy where the bourgeoisie were literally guaranteed a majority of seats, wtf are you talking about? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] juchenecromancer@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 years ago Bro got his history lessons from OverSimplified permalink fedilink source parent [–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) I wasn't aware of that. I was under the impression they were less extreme than the Bolsheviks, and didn't want to execute everyone that wasn't a hard core Bolshevik permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) They were more extreme than the bolseviks but less extreme than the monarchists, they were just on the side of capitalists so were painted with a nicer brush by capitalist historians permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Gotcha, that explains why the sources I have read, showed them as favorable to the Menchaviks permalink fedilink source parent [–] Grayox@lemmy.ml [S] -2 points 2 years ago I just find it ironic that Stalin was everything that the party worried about Trotsky becoming. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago* (2 children) The mechaviks literally wanted to continue ww1 and have a psuedo democracy where the bourgeoisie were literally guaranteed a majority of seats, wtf are you talking about? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] juchenecromancer@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 years ago Bro got his history lessons from OverSimplified permalink fedilink source parent [–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) I wasn't aware of that. I was under the impression they were less extreme than the Bolsheviks, and didn't want to execute everyone that wasn't a hard core Bolshevik permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) They were more extreme than the bolseviks but less extreme than the monarchists, they were just on the side of capitalists so were painted with a nicer brush by capitalist historians permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Gotcha, that explains why the sources I have read, showed them as favorable to the Menchaviks permalink fedilink source parent
[–] juchenecromancer@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 years ago Bro got his history lessons from OverSimplified permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) I wasn't aware of that. I was under the impression they were less extreme than the Bolsheviks, and didn't want to execute everyone that wasn't a hard core Bolshevik permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) They were more extreme than the bolseviks but less extreme than the monarchists, they were just on the side of capitalists so were painted with a nicer brush by capitalist historians permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Gotcha, that explains why the sources I have read, showed them as favorable to the Menchaviks permalink fedilink source parent
[–] OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) They were more extreme than the bolseviks but less extreme than the monarchists, they were just on the side of capitalists so were painted with a nicer brush by capitalist historians permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Gotcha, that explains why the sources I have read, showed them as favorable to the Menchaviks permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Gotcha, that explains why the sources I have read, showed them as favorable to the Menchaviks permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Grayox@lemmy.ml [S] -2 points 2 years ago I just find it ironic that Stalin was everything that the party worried about Trotsky becoming. permalink fedilink source parent
