Cyber Ghost@lemmygrad.ml to memes@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year ago“But… but… Stalin starved his people”lemmygrad.mlimagemessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: memes@lemmy.mlmemes@lemmygrad.ml
arrow-up11arrow-down1image“But… but… Stalin starved his people”lemmygrad.mlCyber Ghost@lemmygrad.ml to memes@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square31fedilinkcross-posted to: memes@lemmy.mlmemes@lemmygrad.ml
minus-squaredeconstruct@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoWhat a powerful argument, clearly 35 years later this article has pushed countless others to uncover the truth behind the Ukrainian famines. Or, perhaps if the Holodomor is still recognized as a man-made famine, that this article’s author is mistaken. So much for Stalin’s citizenry having enough to eat.
minus-square🏳️⚧️ 新星 [she/they]@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoDid someone allege genocide? Prisoners in the United States jumped from 120,284 in 1923 to 210,418 in 1933. (Source (p. 210)) Executions increased to 197, the highest number in US history, in 1935. (Source) The U.S. forcibly deported one million of its own citizens to Mexico in the 1930s. Source Since you’re probably using an intentionally ridiculous US estimate, I’ll use an intentionally ridiculous Russian estimate and say that seven million people died from the Great Depression. This Russian estimate uses the same intentionally ridiculous methodology of the U.S. one. Put together, why isn’t this enough to declare that a genocide happened in the U.S.?
minus-squaregregheffley [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoComputer, please google William Randolph Hearst and Goebbels
What a powerful argument, clearly 35 years later this article has pushed countless others to uncover the truth behind the Ukrainian famines.
Or, perhaps if the Holodomor is still recognized as a man-made famine, that this article’s author is mistaken.
So much for Stalin’s citizenry having enough to eat.
Did someone allege genocide?
Prisoners in the United States jumped from 120,284 in 1923 to 210,418 in 1933. (Source (p. 210))
Executions increased to 197, the highest number in US history, in 1935. (Source)
The U.S. forcibly deported one million of its own citizens to Mexico in the 1930s. Source
Since you’re probably using an intentionally ridiculous US estimate, I’ll use an intentionally ridiculous Russian estimate and say that seven million people died from the Great Depression. This Russian estimate uses the same intentionally ridiculous methodology of the U.S. one.
Put together, why isn’t this enough to declare that a genocide happened in the U.S.?
Computer, please google William Randolph Hearst and Goebbels