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>Nice way to revise history to make the Holomdor just a result of lack of computational power not a genocidal atrocity. The hunger at the time hit hard not onl
by fuoqi 6y ago
>Nice way to revise history to make the Holomdor just a result of lack of computational power not a genocidal atrocity.
The hunger at the time hit hard not only Ukraine, but also inner Russia (Volga region) and Belarus. It has even affected Poland. The "genocidal atrocity" is so blatantly mythologized and lies upon lies are layered down in an attempt to form a nation-forming myth together glorification of Nazi collaborationist, which have killed a lot of Jews, Poles and even Ukranians.
There was no evil order to eliminate Ukrainians issued by the Soviet government, it was a tragic chain of events. It started from purely natural reasons and got multiplied by deficiencies of the system. People on the ground played a crucial role here as well, by passing wrong information about situation on the ground.
- baybal2 6y agoNO, it was a fully deliberate, human engineered famine, with explicit intent of "traitor nation" elimination.
- sudosysgen 6y agoIf it was, then how was this because of Central planning? Man-made, engineered famines have happened under capitalism too, it's not hard to twist and jerk the market into a famine given material circumstances like those that made it possible for the Holodomor.
- baybal2 6y agoA valid argument. British Raj instantly comes to mind.
- 082349872349872 6y agoI believe the (Chicago?) commodities markets explicitly do not deal in onion futures, because perishability meant that market was far too easy to manipulate.