Cripple. History Major. Irritable and in constant pain. Vaguely Left-Wing.

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  • Other way around - 4/7 Founding Fathers were abolitionists, 2/7 were theoretical abolitionists but did not free their slaves before they died (Washington was making plans in the hopes of freeing his dower slaves as well, but ultimately died before this came to fruition and could only free the slaves he himself directly owned in his will; Jefferson was not making plans and was busy going deep into debt for his own luxuries), 1/7 was an unrepentant slaver.

    The general proportion of the officers and politicians of the Patriots were similar, as much of the South was loyalist or neutral (Virginia exempted), while much of the North was pro-Patriot.





  • As for the “lack of democracy,” no, it’s definitely been affirmed as a somewhat flawed, but working democratic system.

    The overwhelming consensus since the fall of the SovUnion by academics has been a rejection of the idea that the Soviet Union was in any way democratic even by socialist academics. But tankies online still pass around the sacred texts from 1938; they could never be wrong!

    You’ve admitted to not being a Marxist yourself, what makes you an authority on Marxism?

    Basic fucking literacy?

    My opinions are largely in line with the overwhelming majority of Marxists

    This may be shocking, but the Soviet Union fell 30 years ago.




  • I really don’t think my point of Soviet Democracy by Pat Sloan being mentioned on an adjacent page as a source is a bad thing on my part,

    “I don’t think making a false claim is a bad thing on my part”

    Yes, that is very apparent.

    Helpfully, the Soviet archives were opened, and contemporary historians have been able to make great progress on clarifying a lot of debated topics, and Pat Sloan’s account has survived that and been affirmed.

    Jesus fucking Christ, have you read no scholarly works in the past thirty fucking years? The lack of Soviet democracy was overwhelmingly affirmed by internal documents, not disproven, especially in the Stalinist era. But like the Holodomor and the genocide of the Poles and Crimean Tatars, you deny that too.

    , and keep resorting to calling a Marxist a “fascist.” It’s historically and categorically false to lump Marxism in with fascism, it obscures the fundamental ties to capitalism fascism has, and the history of anticommunism in every existing fascist movement.

    “My magic word protects me”

    Calling yourself a Marxist and rejecting everything Marx stood for means jack fucking shit.

    Again, I recommend taking a break.

    I would recommend not simping for a genocidal fascist state, but we both know you won’t stop that.



  • It isn’t the exact same Wikipedia page, to be charitable to you,

    I’m not sure what purpose you fulfill in just linking me a Wikipedia page we both know I’ve already read. The Wikipedia article even mentions Pat Sloan’s work as a source, so it should be good reading for you.

    “It’s literally not what I said, but to be charitable to you…”

    Yes, very charitable to suggest that somewhere unspecified on Wikipedia your source was quoted after previously implying that it was on “The Wikipedia article” that was linked and being discussed.

    The source is quoted as nothing but a contemporary account, and the entire talk page is about what an awful state the article is in. But you keep licking those literal Stalinist boots. Do they taste like the blood of Crimean Tatars, or Poles?

    Just drop the insults

    This you, fascist?