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Because a unified 'side of the common man' is an illusion. The article even explicitly mentions how Stalinist communists later on brutally suppressed the POUM,
by ImprobableTruth 5y ago
Because a unified 'side of the common man' is an illusion. The article even explicitly mentions how Stalinist communists later on brutally suppressed the POUM, the group of communists Orwell served with, even though they were 'on the same side'.
- shoemakersteve 5y agoThe Russian civil war after the 1917 revolutions had something like a dozen different socialist factions fighting each other. There's plenty to disagree about (to the point of going to war) even if you agree on "big picture" stuff.