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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excess_mortality_in_the_Soviet_Union_under_Joseph_Stalin
Stalin's actions killed 7-20 million people, intellectuals, minorities, and poor people. At least a million of which were deliberate deaths. People who defend that for political expedience are unquestionably misinformed or evil, take your pick. My family was fleeing for their lives.
I am all for some form of socialism, defending evil people is not how you get it.
Wikipedia isn't a source
My Jewish grandparents on multiple sides were told to flee or die by Stalin's drooling simps. My primary source is many of my great grandparents and the thousands of others that fled Russia at the barrel of a gun. Talk to any reputable Russian historian in the last 50 years and some figure in the many millions is going to come up. We have endless first hand accounts and mountains of historical evidence. To deny this history is like being a Holocaust denier. What exactly is your goal here?
Why is the liberal chain of citations always Wikipedia, and then "My grandparents!". It's so consistent it's like you all have the same script.
I'm not big into ideological labels, but calling me a liberal without evidence is silly. My beliefs most closely align with socialism and progressivism, but I don't believe in blind ideological thinking.
Ok, don't care. Labels are descriptive, not a personal affection.
Oh I have plenty of evidence.
Yup, definitely a liberal
Your comments are evidence dumbass