[Warning: Tankies] A tankie sent me this claiming they had debunked Makhno's Ukraine.
bin.disroot.orgSubmitted by retiredaccount in Anarchism (edited )
Perhaps my favorite part is them citing articles that claim he didn't conscript and that the kontrrazvedka was for combating the Soviet's own pushes into Ukraine. Its just... amazing. Or, perhaps the truest gem is that of comparing Makhno to Pinochet.
Another cherry on top is this was originally posted to Google docs. I liberated it for your sake.
ducks_always_lie wrote
I am actually going to die. Makhno is Pinochet. There is no difference between them. You imbecile. you fucking fool
The highlight for me, and what I think neatly illustrates the tone of the entire article, is this:
Yes. Yes. The soviets had many newspapers. All of which were censored by the party. And they had a secret police and often employed large-scale intimidation. What is your actual point? This makes them sound just as shit, if you are to be believed. How is 'more newspapers' the cherry on the fucking top that makes them better than Makhno's people?
This is a tankie of epic proportions. There wasn't even any real necessity to compare with the Soviet Union- this person just has a hard-on for authoritarianism.
(And if anyone actually needs an explanation for the incredible capacity the Soviets had for MULTIPLE NEWSPAPERS, they were fucking bigger and more centralized. Therefore, more official newspapers. Incredible.)