And meanwhile you gave me a source from before the bulk of Stalins leadership to educate me. If you had taken the time to actually read it yourself you would have noted its irrelevance to this conversation as well as the overall topic.
The difference between you and me is I actually took a look at your sources. And like I said that one was not at all relevant or helpful given its age. A lot happened since 1936.
Also, I took a look at Blackshirts and Reds while we’ve been going back and forth. Chapter 5 actually supports the numbers I’ve read I’m wikipedia, so thanks for reaffirming it’s reliability.
Honestly, what are you even trying to argue with me about? I don’t even get the point of all the conversations we’ve been having in this thread.
His flavor is more “wisdom is chasing you, but you are faster” so I’m chalkin that up to being a popular nigerian idiom; first time I heard him use it it took me right out
You haven’t taken a look at your sources dude, this is the intellectual equivalent of “My girlfriend goes to another school.” You’re bullshitting and dodging at every junction, incapable of answering a single specific question about anything you’ve supposedly read, and are allowing your ego to lash out in self-defense upon being confronted with the fact that what you actually know about the USSR is a litany of fairy-tale cliches.
I wonder what you’re certain you know about North Korea too, I could use a laugh
And meanwhile you gave me a source from before the bulk of Stalins leadership to educate me. If you had taken the time to actually read it yourself you would have noted its irrelevance to this conversation as well as the overall topic.
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The Soviet World by Anna Louise?
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The difference between you and me is I actually took a look at your sources. And like I said that one was not at all relevant or helpful given its age. A lot happened since 1936.
Also, I took a look at Blackshirts and Reds while we’ve been going back and forth. Chapter 5 actually supports the numbers I’ve read I’m wikipedia, so thanks for reaffirming it’s reliability.
Honestly, what are you even trying to argue with me about? I don’t even get the point of all the conversations we’ve been having in this thread.
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NOT THE XEVI QUOTE

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His flavor is more “wisdom is chasing you, but you are faster” so I’m chalkin that up to being a popular nigerian idiom; first time I heard him use it it took me right out
You haven’t taken a look at your sources dude, this is the intellectual equivalent of “My girlfriend goes to another school.” You’re bullshitting and dodging at every junction, incapable of answering a single specific question about anything you’ve supposedly read, and are allowing your ego to lash out in self-defense upon being confronted with the fact that what you actually know about the USSR is a litany of fairy-tale cliches.
I wonder what you’re certain you know about North Korea too, I could use a laugh