tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11336670.post6142128043881864448..comments2024-03-13T03:24:01.167-04:00Comments on Marginalizing Morons: The New Old CollectivismCaptiousNuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14440029537418230507noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11336670.post-72026115871431665912017-09-17T03:28:49.528-04:002017-09-17T03:28:49.528-04:00You left out the part of the quote mentioning that...You left out the part of the quote mentioning that 20 percent of the land, not 4 percent (whhich does not cover the pasturage land) was private property, and that private produce focused on high cost non-essentials, such as flowers, some fruits, etc., the great bulk of produce being wheat, flax, etc. <br /><br />The USSR produced more grain than Canada in its history. Your granddad had some hard times. In the Collectivation campaign, the Ukrainian peasants ate their herds or decided not to produce crops as a protest to forced collectivation. Whether communication did not come to the top or the top of the state wanted to break the peasants no one knoews, but quotas were kept and 3 million peasants died in the entire country, with most in Ukraine. <br /><br />P.S. your photos are from the 1921 famine in Russia during the Civil War.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11336670.post-11828180233213297682009-05-26T22:40:00.724-04:002009-05-26T22:40:00.724-04:00I know, that's the frustrating part - socialism ha...I know, that's the frustrating part - socialism has proved a failure but we are still stuck with it.<br /><br />At least Stalin could say he was somewhat of an *innovator*. Abject, willful ignorance is the only excuse for today's *collectivist* apologists.CaptiousNuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14440029537418230507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11336670.post-7537326263717806332009-05-26T17:54:25.710-04:002009-05-26T17:54:25.710-04:00Great post, it amazes me that there are still acad...Great post, it amazes me that there are still academic types defending communism. I guess that they would gain prestige under such a system: why else would they promote it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com