05-12-2006, 01:26 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-G.Subramaniam+May 10 2006, 06:42 AM-->QUOTE(G.Subramaniam @ May 10 2006, 06:42 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteBegin--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->and the russian people were dying meanwhile.
the bolsheviks ressurected the russian population and put food on their tables.
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The bolsheviks killed 10 million peasants by starvation due to collectivisation
and killed another 10 million in purges
The USSR lost more dead due to bolshevism than the Nazi invasion
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a lot more had died in the tzar's hands and would have died too but for the bolsheviks. only the tzar and his gons would have remained.
i understand communism isnt bad, but having a despot is worse.
and i dont disagree with the finer points of socialism. in fact socialistic ends (notice not "means") are very much worth striving for.
the bolsheviks ressurected the russian population and put food on their tables.
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The bolsheviks killed 10 million peasants by starvation due to collectivisation
and killed another 10 million in purges
The USSR lost more dead due to bolshevism than the Nazi invasion
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a lot more had died in the tzar's hands and would have died too but for the bolsheviks. only the tzar and his gons would have remained.
i understand communism isnt bad, but having a despot is worse.
and i dont disagree with the finer points of socialism. in fact socialistic ends (notice not "means") are very much worth striving for.