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I wonder whats Stalin’s take on how to deal with people with “conservative values”

In the U.S.S.R. anti-semitism is punishable with the utmost severity of the law as a phenomenon deeply hostile to the Soviet system. Under U.S.S.R. law active anti-semites are liable to the death penalty.

J. Stalin

  • LeBron [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    2 years ago

    Looking at society through a scientific lens, one would come to the conclusion that social values are a reflection of material conditions. Nobody just magically becomes a transphobic asshole, it’s a successful redirection of anger towards fellow workers by the ruling class.

    • ilyenkov [she/her, they/them]@hexbear.net
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      2 years ago

      True. But that doesn’t mean we should show any tolerance towards transphobia, racism, etc. Actual solidarity and support for total liberation for all is the only way to combat the divide and conquer strategy. All this patsoc shit has been tried before; I’d recommend reading Settlers, Black Bolshevik, George Jackson, and shit like that for good explanations of why it’s a dead end.