Re: The History of Latvia

On 6 May, 21:21, "J. Anderson" <anderso...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Dmitry wrote:
> >> Any sensible person would
> >> realize that the existence of the totalitarian Soviet state required
> >> continuing sup****t and acceptance from the Russian people. You are
> >> trying to explain away this simple fact by again and again bringing
up
> >> the riflemen.
>
> > There are only two things to bring up, "riflemen" and "SS". =A0The
> > choice is rather limited. =A0However, =93sup****t and acceptance=94
from
> > Russian people was done largely by force, both physical and mental.
> > And as we know, after few generations of such treatment reverse gear
> > is very hard to locate.
>
> You know, Dmitrij, there is quite a lot of proof of genuine sup****t. Not
> all the newsreels were fabricated. Many people really hailed the new
> system, the Stakhanov workers, Father Sun****ne. They enthusiastically
> joined the pioneers, Komsomol, the Party. And even if it was improbable
> that 99% gave their votes to KPSS candidates, I think it would be a fair
> estimate to say that more than 50% did. The shock and grief when Stalin
> died was genuine too. And so many are still celebrating him and Lenin.
> Not to mention those who claim that the fall of the USSR was the
> greatest tragedy of the 20th century. What a preposterous thing to say,
> g. Putin!
>
> No, no, the Soviet state was not something that the 'Latvian' riflemen
> forced upon the Russians, it was something that the Russians wanted to
> have, to keep, and many even want to have back.

Or the other theory is that it were Jews' who forced Bolshevism on
Russia....by the time of Stalin's death there was the whole new
generation of brainwashed individuals.  It's that "best in the world
education system" where the party does the thinking.

>
> Regards,
> John