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The Cossacks were split along class lines too, there is a lot of documentation on that. Young and poorer ones fought for the reds, wealthier and older landownin
by googletazer 9y ago
The Cossacks were split along class lines too, there is a lot of documentation on that. Young and poorer ones fought for the reds, wealthier and older landowning ones for the whites. Lenin at least was smart enough to keep some elements of the market economy around, tells a lot about his university education and coming from a minor noble family. Stalin was a huge piece of shit with three grades of religious education. If Lenin didn't kick the bucket too soon, the whole experiment would probably last a bit longer.
- nickik 9y ago> Lenin at least was smart enough to keep some elements of the market economy around No he was not smart enough. He pushed the idea so far that they were about to collapse and then in a emergency move they liberalized because they had no other option. He and everybody else hated allowance that they had to make for the market. All of them absolutely hated it and the thing they debate most is how to get ride of the market. > If Lenin didn't kick the bucket too soon, the whole experiment would probably last a bit longer. It was not so much a 'experiment' as something that was forced on them because they did not have enough power. The NEP was collapsing because even within the NEP the USSR did so many counterproductive things, it could not have continued so much longer. Stalin did exactly what everybody wanted, but most people disagree with him about if they could actually do it.