People's Liberation Moonforce @josephbenton@monads.online

(a conversation last night reminded me I had written this. it's not complete and still rough but here it is anyway)

How should we talk about Stalin? Here I am not interested in debating the supposed facts and figures of the Victims of Communism and their ilk; my criticism is more fundamental. Their argument, fundamentally, is to place the Soviet Union, and Joseph Stalin in particular, in to the same condemned historical category as Hitler and his Nazi Regime. However, to accomplish this goal one would need to demonstrate that the actions of Stalin and other Soviet leaders are as heinous as the Holocaust and beyond the pale in comparison to the rest of the world at the time.

"No one's standard of living will change, nothing would fundamentally change," Biden said.

I'm working through "The Savage Constitution" that was referenced in the latest Red Nation Podcast episode and so far it is very good/informative:
https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3412&context=dlj

Here is my summary of Lenin's Imperialism. It consists of a short summary followed by a chapter by chapter overview of the whole piece. (repost from radtown)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FiO5GSs0I4Qq3IDPw922FuafejONDU4AXdV-7gwHxTc/edit?usp=sharing