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Why do you think so many people on the Marxist left defend Stalinism? (quokk.au)

submitted 1 month ago by MrNobody@quokk.au to c/anarchism@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Is it simply over-correcting in response to western anti-communist propaganda? I'd like to think it's simply memeing for memes sake, but it feels too genuine.

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[–] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The closest I have seen is 'Are we to believe SS death squads that they found the evidence for it in 1943?'

So, not a good thing, and possibly just more Nazi shit, further not good.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 month ago

I've spoken quite a bit about Katyn, and have not really seen any Marxist saying "the soviets definitely did it" and "that's a good thing." Katyn gets pinned on the Soviets because Goebbels reported on it and it became a useful story, but the execution method was distinctly Nazi, ie killing men, women, and children from behind into mass graves. The ammunition was German-produced in 1941, and the rope used to bind the hands of the victims was German made.

The Soviets absolutely killed Polish soldiers, but the character of their involvement was not anywhere close to what the Nazis reported.