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My personal opinion, for those who are interested, is that these two instances (Hexbear and Lemmygrad) are filled with what we call here nazbols, tankies, or even left-wing fascists.
They are primarily authoritarians who like to call themselves leftist, but use the same tools, have the same political vision, the same organization, and politically and historically tend to ally with “official” fascists as soon as a truly revolutionary leftist movement emerges.
I found it tolerable to “do nothing” as long as they stayed in their corners, but I had somewhat forgotten that an authoritarian remains an authoritarian and that the only place they deserve is down a well, not forgetting to strike the hands that try to escape with a big stick.
Can you provide details/sources for this? It’d be useful for dealing with a Khrushchev stan I know.
I have not read this book, fair warning, but Kruschev Lied is hosted over on Prolewiki.
While less directly related to Kruschev himself, Stalin: The History and Critique of a Black Legend is another book hosted on Prolewiki, though again I have not yet read it.
From seeing individual debunks of Kruschev over time, I was confident enough to say he lied, but for sources I would like to see a specific claim about Kruschev that can be debunked. I have not seen significant debunkings of either book I listed either, just political disagreement with the authors.
I would also read the ProleWiki article on Kruschev himself, even ignoring the wrecking he did in the party, even if he was 100% honest about Stalin, he still made opportunist reforms that helped spell the beginning of the end of the USSR.
Let me know if that helps and answers your question!
It does, thanks!
Great! Want to stress that I am comfortable with dogging on Kruschev, but haven’t yet investigated the books I linked. I have seen them spoken favorably about, but this is the whole “no investigation, no right to speak” bit. I am not endorsing those books here, just saying that they seem to be a good place to start.
Take care!