Comments by "Андрей Борцов" (@Mentol_) on "Knowledgia" channel.

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  3.  @cgabriel777  In science, it is customary to use primary sources of information. For the Nazis, this is Hitler's book and his orders. For fascism, this is Mussolini's book. For Soviet communism, these are the works of Lenin-Stalin. If, in order to understand the policy of the Bolsheviks, you begin to read the opinion of their opponents (nationalists, liberals), then you see the interpretation of people who do not like this system, but you do not see the thoughts of the authors of the policy. What is a crime for Solzhenitsyn is not such for the Bolsheviks. For example, the Molotov-Ribentrop Pact. What did the USSR get? Non-aggression pact, economic treaty and sphere of influence in Europe. How is this bad from the point of view of Soviet interests? Or fighting religion. The Bolsheviks believed that religion had a bad effect on the critical thinking of a person. Therefore, the fight against religious propaganda makes your society healthier. But the nationalists believed that this was the destruction of Russian culture. However, the Bolsheviks divided culture into progressive and regressive - they supported the first and fought against the second. Do you see how things change when you use the right context? Or are you saying that the Soviet invasion of Europe was a crime. Now look what happened: Romania annexed Bessarabia in 1919, the USSR returned this region in 1940. Poland annexed part of Ukraine in 1921, and the USSR returned it in 1939. How is this bad for the USSR? Any state has its own national and geopolitical interests. But Solzhenitsyn was able to convince you that the defense of Soviet interests is a crime.
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  11.  @boombap1176  1. I know that this is a series. To save time, I watched only those fragments that relate to the history of Russia. I have a lot of experience in the study of history, so I immediately see the main idea of ​​the film - to swap the Nazis and their victims. Some right-wingers in Russia use similar tactics. 2. Find the text of the Soviet constitution and read it. For example, let's take the constitution of 1936. Article #123 says that all citizens, regardless of nationality, should have equal rights. Article #124 says that in order to ensure freedom of conscience, the church is separated from the state, and a person retains the right to any faith, including anti-religious propaganda. Article #125 says that everyone has the right to freedom of speech, press and rallies. Of course, some articles were violated in the USSR. For example, during the Great Terror (1937-1938), an article was violated that said that only a court can establish a person's guilt. But special commissions of 3 people were created who violated this procedure. However, with regard to the equality of citizens, I do not remember that there were facts of the introduction of slavery. When they talk about the gulag, they forget to say that a person received freedom after the expiration of the sentence. 3. With regard to German plans for Europe, I recommend that you find the text of the following conferences between Hitler and the generals: - November 5, 1937 (also known as the Hossbach protocol). - May 23, 1939 - August 22, 1939 - November 23, 1939 - January 9, 1941. It is also necessary to remember that Hitler, for propaganda purposes, spoke one information to the public, and at closed meetings he spoke another (truth).
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  65.  @boombap1176  I have watched this movie twice. It contains too much fake information and misinterpretations. Here are some examples: - It says that the murder of Tsar Nicholas 2 and his family was a ritual sacrifice for the Jews, although there is no documentary evidence for this. It's just another conspiracy theory. - Or a quote from Karl Marx about the need for a revolutionary holocaust. If you open the indicated book, you will see that there is an article by Engels "the struggle in Hungary" which divides the nations into revolutionary and reactionary. - Or a quote from Trotsky where he wants to turn Russia into a desert. This fake quote is well known today in Russia, but its author is not Trotsky, but a newspaper of the Russian fascist party that was in exile in China. - The film says that communism was based on the idea of conquering the world. Although if you open Marx's manifesto, you will see what it says about the struggle against capitalist exploitation. - The film says that a slave-owning regime was organized in the USSR, but if you open the Soviet constitution, you will see that slavery is officially prohibited. - Fake information that the American bankers' money was part of the plan of Judaism. Although in reality, some bankers supported the February revolution because it was democratic in nature. - Fake information that the Red Army and the NKVD consisted of Jews. In reality, in 1920, there were 79% Russians in the Red Army, 5% Ukrainians, 3.4% Tatars, and 2.2% Belarusians. In the NKVD there were 77.3% Russians, 9.1% Jews + other nationalities. - Fake information that the white army consisted of Christians. In fact, religion and the monarchy had a low popularity after the February Revolution. - Wrong interpretation of the condemnation of anti-Semitism in the USSR as an indicator of Judaism. In reality, this is a process of democratization of society. You can find what Lenin said about this on July 25, 1918. - Quotes from the book of the nationalist Solzhenitsyn as a criterion for understanding Soviet policy. In reality, this person waged an information war against this government. Fake data from his book is well known today in Russia. - Fake information that the famine in the USSR was man-made. - Fake Lenin quotes that are not in his works. - etc.
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  83.  @guyvert49  I read both the book of Hitler and the book of Mussolini, and the works of Lenin-Stalin. 1. I use the traditional political axis that is generally accepted. You are using an alternate axis that is often used to distort history. But it is not scientific. 2. The Nazis divided capitalism into two types - progressive national and regressive international. They supported the first, and fought against the second. This system was neither socialism nor classical free market capitalism. This is the third way. 3. The classical axis says that the left supports the idea of ​​social progress. The Bolsheviks are on the left because they believe that society is divided into classes that have different interests. Then they say that the real form of democracy is not liberalism, but the dictatorship of the proletariat which expresses the will of the progressive class. The ultimate goal of the Bolsheviks is to build a classless society where people will have equal rights. The Nazis are fighting the division of society into classes. They say that people are united by their blood and soil. The Nazis reject the idea of ​​democracy because Hitler believes that it leads to the moral degeneration of society. The ultimate goal of the Nazis is to build a racial state where people will be unequal according to the laws of nature. This is the right-wing idea (according to the classical axis). 4. Mussolini does not say that fascism is a form of socialism. He says that fascism is a positive alternative for liberalism. He says that a person can be free only in a strong state. He also says that fascism opposes socialism, which historical development understands as class struggle. Instead of class struggle, fascism offers the idea of national unity.
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  87.  @guyvert49  I read the book that you recommended to me and found several mistakes that the author makes: - The author says that Stalin never cared about losses in military operations. But if you open the transcript of the meeting after the Finnish war, you can see that this is not true. - The author repeats the old myth that Stalin did not prepare the Red Army for war against Germany. Although it is known that the concentration of the Red Army on the western border began on June 10, 1941, and in the middle of 1940 wartime rules were introduced in the economy. - The author repeats the myth that Stalin was in shock after the start of the war and went to the country. Although the journal of visitors to Stalin's cabinet is now available. - The author says that Stalin forbade the evacuation of civilians from Stalingrad, but does not show this secret order. Because it's a myth. - The author repeats the old myth that Stalin destroyed experienced commanders during the purge. But documents show that the Red Army had the same problems before and after the purge. - The author calls the Siberian troops experienced, although before that he said that Stalin weakened the Red Army. - The author says that Stalin created in the country a great atmosphere of fear in the USSR, but this is only the opinion of people with liberal convictions. The rest asked the government to continue the fight against the enemies of the revolution. - The author accuses Stalin of the fact that his intervention in the offensive near Kharkov in 1942 led to the failure of the operation. Although the documents show that the General Staff allowed this operation to be placed under the leadership of local commanders, one of whom was Khrushev. After the war, Khrushchev tried to shift the blame to Stalin. The author does not analyze the authenticity of his words. - The author says that Stalin was an inexperienced person in military affairs until 1943, although documents show that already in 1940 Stalin knew the basic issues of strategy and operational art and made corrections to the reports of his commanders.
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  93.  @AtroFear  1. The big purge in the USSR took place during the summer 1937 - autumn 1938. This happened before the invasions of Poland and Finland took place. Soviet officers had experience of the civil war and the war with Poland in the 1920s. 2. The argument about Stalin's paranoia has no value. If you, instead of reading foreign literature about Stalin, take and read the books of Stalin himself, then you will see that this person retains sanity. He understood that a new big war in Europe could become a reality already in the late 1930s, so his purge of the army, the NKVD, the party and internal enemies was not a manifestation of virtual paranoia, but part of the country's preparation for a new war. Even before the purge, there was a public discussion in the party about the internal situation in the USSR and one of the speakers (not Stalin) said that: "We must destroy internal enemies in such a quantity that the positive effect lasts for a long time." 3. In fact, this topic of large Soviet losses has no real value. Why? If you compare the losses of countries in the Polish and French campaigns of the Wehrmacht, you will see that the losses of Germany's enemies exceed the German ones. Now compare the Soviet losses with these campaigns and you will understand that the difference is not so great (Polish losses are greater than Soviet ones, and French ones are slightly less). People look at these losses and see that in absolute terms, Soviet losses are greater than those of other countries, but the war in the east lasted longer. In fact, losses are more influenced by the economy than by the decisions of individual officers. If a country as poor in industry as Poland cannot provide its army with weapons and equipment in large quantities, then its losses will be higher.
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