• finitebanjo@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    edit-2
    24 days ago

    The 1930s USSR was squarely under the rule of Joseph Stalin, a brutal dictator. It was a time of mass starvation and persecution.

    • NewDark@lemmings.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      edit-2
      24 days ago

      Authoritarian is not fascism. It is a component, but communism and fascism are not even close to synonymous.

      There was one famine from mismanagement, and Stalin wasn’t a great guy but this shit is really overblown.

      • JLock17@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        0
        ·
        23 days ago

        I’m surprised the comments seem to be defending authoritarianism like it’s any more acceptable than fascism. “Stalin may have had millions of people killed and fueled the negative reputation of communism world wide for nearly a century, but at least he wasn’t a fascist.”. I don’t seem to understand why democratic social ownership is considered a worse alternative than letting a centralized tyrannical government harm people unchecked.

        • NewDark@lemmings.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          0
          ·
          23 days ago

          “shooting a home invader and killing the neighbor next door are both violent killings, so we should classify them both as murder” - you, probably.