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[–] znsh@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Already made a post in the freechat community, but want to get some thoughts here as well. I’m currently going through the Prolewiki reading list for beginners, after I finish it I would love to read up on the Russian revolution. Not looking for a massive tome, but something in between being general but not overly specific and dense that I can’t get through in let’s say a month or 2. Thanks!

 

I'm currently going through the Prolewiki reading list for beginners, after I finish it I would love to read up on the Russian revolution. Not looking for a massive tome, but something in between being general but not overly specific and dense that I can't get through in let's say a month or 2. Thanks!

[–] znsh@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I needed to ask to get clarification because I was like "what the fuck are you saying". The Deprogram did an episode recently with SovietPod I believe where they mentioned this exact thing of liberals/anti-communist spewing that the bolsheviks were undemocratic. Glad my hunch wasn't incorrect, thanks for the reply!

 

The video in question, it got sent to me by a coworker saying that they found it interesting. I have no idea what to think of, but calling the Lenin a dictator can't be right.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DOwQ3apAcPz/

[–] znsh@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Definetly saving this post for future references and books, much appreciated!

[–] znsh@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 week ago

Fantastic thank you! What if certain statements are made that have contradicting sources, which source do you then trust?

[–] znsh@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What is considered a verifiable source? For instance certain studies are funded by lobies that want a certain result from that study and will affect the final results because of that, how do I determine if those funded studies are actually worth trusting?

 

Examples are researches, articles from media, youtube videos, podcasts etc. how do I know that what the people in these media outlets are saying is true? Do I just take the information at face value or do I need to do some specific research?

I'm asking this as I've come to information in the past that was then contradicted by some other information (apparently). Especially when it comes to debate and I would say that there are documents that the CIA has staged coups all around the world, the other person can just say "show me the proof I don't believe you" and I'm just left standing there not knowing what to say or saying "saw it in a youtube video which showed the documents" which isn't much of an answer I feel like.

Hope this makes sense.