• FaceDeer@fedia.io
    24·
    2 months ago

    I remember running into this sort of thing back on Reddit once, it was baffling. I mentioned in a thread about something unrelated that my ancestors on my father’s side fled to Canada to avoid being killed by Stalin, and one weirdo got quite vigorous about arguing that they must have been Nazi sympathizers then. Yeah, Mennonite farmers from Ukraine were Nazi sympathizers a decade before the Nazis even came to power. Makes sense.

  • ForesterEnglish
    13·
    2 months ago

    If you want to have fun with a Marxist, ask them to define a kulak. If you have access to a personal computing device, you are by definition a kulak. The average value of goods confiscated from kulaks during dekulakization was 170–400 rubles per household…

    • PugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
      131·
      2 months ago

      The average value of the goods which were confiscated from the kulaks during the policy of dekulakization (раскулачивание) at the beginning of the 1930s was only 170–400 rubles (US$90–210) per household.

      Assuming that’s not adjusted for inflation, that would be about ~4000$ today (using the high estimate of 210$). And 4000$ of farm equipment is a paltry amount.

      • ForesterEnglish
        10·
        2 months ago

        Sounds like kulac apologist propaganda to me /s

        In 1986 $200 USD is ~$590 in 2025 USD.

        Savings by Household Income Percentile in 2022

        Percentile Average Household Income Median Savings Less than 20th $19,126 to $900

        20–39.9 $42,870 to $2,550

        40–59.9 $71,218 to $7,400

        60–79.9 $116,922 to $15,760

        https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Harvest_of_Sorrow

  • goat@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish
    11·
    2 months ago

    ‘yo, don’t let stalin have control’

    – lenin

    Kills communism. Celebrated by Tankies.