• TootSweet@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    “The benefits brought to the Russian people by Bolshevism exist only on paper painted in glowing colors by Bolshevist propaganda.”

    • Emma Goldman
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      1 year ago

      I’m all about solidarity with anarchists, y’all do some serious work, but recognizing objective reality is part of the bare minimum for you upholding your end of solidarity with us.

      There are a number of legitimate critiques of the Soviet Union and Bolshevism, but that it did not benefit the Russian people is not one of them.

      (pre edit this comment read:

      The benefits brought to the Russian people by Bolshevism exist only on paper painted in glowing colors by Bolshevist propaganda.” — Emma Goldman)