• Maggoty@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Well that’s what the Bolsheviks claim at any rate. It’s always what the dictator claims.

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      2 months ago

      The masses supported the Bolsheviks in the summer and fall of 1917 because they were the most radically and consistently antiwar party, regardless of their other faults. It was the most urgent issue in politics at the time for reasons that should be obvious. This is a pretty widely accepted narrative even among right wing historians.

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        2 months ago

        I agree with that but it’s still just one issue that could have been solved with actual representation.