GOP view of race is like that of USSR

[Anonymous]

Lovett Fort-Whiteman is the subject of a recent New Yorker article. He was one of a number of black expats who moved to the USSR while Lenin was still living, only to die in a gulag under Stalin.

People who insist that it's about class, not race, are in line with the Party stance back then. Fort-Whiteman, a committed Marxist, argued that in the US people were oppressed based on race as well. The Party had issues with that position, and ultimately he died for it.

This is not the first time I've seen the right echo ideas of Soviet communism, although I wish I could remember the others.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: Lovett Fort-Whiteman is the subject of a recent New Yorker article. He was one of a number of black expats who moved to the USSR while Lenin was still living, only to die in a gulag under Stalin.

People who insist that it's about class, not race, are in line with the Party stance back then. Fort-Whiteman, a committed Marxist, argued that in the US people were oppressed based on race as well. The Party had issues with that position, and ultimately he died for it.

This is not the first time I've seen the right echo ideas of Soviet communism, although I wish I could remember the others.

It looks like he was a Trotskyist and joined hundreds of thousands of others committed to Trotsky in the gulags as Stalin cemented his power as the leader of global communism. Internal Soviet documents attest to this. Not sure where the intersection is with the repubs but his is an interesting life.

[Anonymous]

Have you looked at Saule Omarova, Biden nominee for comptroller of the currency? Seen what she says? Go look at her wiki.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: Lovett Fort-Whiteman is the subject of a recent New Yorker article. He was one of a number of black expats who moved to the USSR while Lenin was still living, only to die in a gulag under Stalin.

People who insist that it's about class, not race, are in line with the Party stance back then. Fort-Whiteman, a committed Marxist, argued that in the US people were oppressed based on race as well. The Party had issues with that position, and ultimately he died for it.

This is not the first time I've seen the right echo ideas of Soviet communism, although I wish I could remember the others.

A lot of people have no idea they are following Marx, including many liberals who use Marxist analysis with race substituted for class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: Lovett Fort-Whiteman is the subject of a recent New Yorker article. He was one of a number of black expats who moved to the USSR while Lenin was still living, only to die in a gulag under Stalin.

People who insist that it's about class, not race, are in line with the Party stance back then. Fort-Whiteman, a committed Marxist, argued that in the US people were oppressed based on race as well. The Party had issues with that position, and ultimately he died for it.

This is not the first time I've seen the right echo ideas of Soviet communism, although I wish I could remember the others.

I applaud you for changing things up a bit and not calling your political opponents Nazis for once.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote: Lovett Fort-Whiteman is the subject of a recent New Yorker article. He was one of a number of black expats who moved to the USSR while Lenin was still living, only to die in a gulag under Stalin.

People who insist that it's about class, not race, are in line with the Party stance back then. Fort-Whiteman, a committed Marxist, argued that in the US people were oppressed based on race as well. The Party had issues with that position, and ultimately he died for it.

This is not the first time I've seen the right echo ideas of Soviet communism, although I wish I could remember the others.

I applaud you for changing things up a bit and not calling your political opponents Nazis for once.

Don’t worry - you’re still nazi to her

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: Lovett Fort-Whiteman is the subject of a recent New Yorker article. He was one of a number of black expats who moved to the USSR while Lenin was still living, only to die in a gulag under Stalin.

People who insist that it's about class, not race, are in line with the Party stance back then. Fort-Whiteman, a committed Marxist, argued that in the US people were oppressed based on race as well. The Party had issues with that position, and ultimately he died for it.

This is not the first time I've seen the right echo ideas of Soviet communism, although I wish I could remember the others.

The Soviets exploited racial problems in the US to attract blacks to communism -- is that what you think the GOP is doing? The most success that the Soviets had and the Russians continue to have is with Patrice Lumumba University. It was designed to educate Africans who could then take the ideals of communism back to their countries.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have you looked at Saule Omarova, Biden nominee for comptroller of the currency? Seen what she says? Go look at her wiki.

Given how the Soviets treated the Kazaks, she is brilliant to have gotten into MSU and then be allowed to study in the States. I will look a little more into her view on race and the former Soviet Union.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: Lovett Fort-Whiteman is the subject of a recent New Yorker article. He was one of a number of black expats who moved to the USSR while Lenin was still living, only to die in a gulag under Stalin.

People who insist that it's about class, not race, are in line with the Party stance back then. Fort-Whiteman, a committed Marxist, argued that in the US people were oppressed based on race as well. The Party had issues with that position, and ultimately he died for it.

This is not the first time I've seen the right echo ideas of Soviet communism, although I wish I could remember the others.

A lot of people have no idea they are following Marx, including many liberals who use Marxist analysis with race substituted for class.

This is somewhat true, but Marx became aware communism would not be implemented in the natural course of things and might need to be imposed at the point of a gun. I don't think the liberals you're discussing go anywhere near that far. At least I haven't heard it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: Lovett Fort-Whiteman is the subject of a recent New Yorker article. He was one of a number of black expats who moved to the USSR while Lenin was still living, only to die in a gulag under Stalin.

People who insist that it's about class, not race, are in line with the Party stance back then. Fort-Whiteman, a committed Marxist, argued that in the US people were oppressed based on race as well. The Party had issues with that position, and ultimately he died for it.

This is not the first time I've seen the right echo ideas of Soviet communism, although I wish I could remember the others.

I applaud you for changing things up a bit and not calling your political opponents Nazis for once.

Not really. It's just something odd I notice from time to time, and I do wish I could remember the other instances.