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Murz is a leading Muscovite Nazi, he sees the Jewish conspiracy everywhere
Who is "Murz"?
Yes, there is a strong anti-Semitic streak in Russian nationalism, and you see it openly displayed on various pro-Russian websites. I've been surprised by that, because it's not smart.
In the West, it loses the Russians much more support than it gains them.
There is a strain of thought among American conservatives which, at one point, admired Putin, despite his assaults on Russian democracy, because he was 'on their side' in the culture war.
Here's an example, not the most egregious one:
Putin’s War at Ten Months
For people who thought that Vladimir Putin was a first-rate statesman, the last ten months have have been a huge disappointment.
For people who thought that Vladimir Putin was a first-rate statesman, the last ten months have have been a huge disappointment.
twilightpatriot.substack.com
Perhaps the Russians don't realize the strength of 'Christian Zionism' in the US.
And their attempts to foment violence in the US via those
glavset boys is also stupid and counter-productive.
As for Lenin's call for the right of self-determination for the other nationalities in Russian Empire's "Prisonhouse of Nations".
Of course it was sincere when he was not in power -- and it was aimed in part at another wing of the Marxist movement, exemplified by Rosa Luxemburg, who, following a kind of 'mechanical Marxist' economic determinism, said that demanding the 'Right to Self-determination' under capitalism was like demanding the 'right to fly' -- it was impossible. But Lenin was the superior tactician here.
The problem started after the Bolsheviks seized power -- then they faced the problem that the forces advocating 'self-determination' -- for example, in 'Menshevik Georgia', were also -- from their point of view -- counter-revolutionary. (Later, Trotsky would try to square the circle by calling for 'an independent Soviet Ukraine'.)
As for whether the Bolsheviks ever had a 'majority' in Russia, that's more complicated than it looks. Remember that the October Revolution was originally for the purpose of transferring power to the Soviets (Councils), where, after the Revolution, the Bolsheviks were in coalition with the Left Socialist Revolutionaries, who probably represented the majority of the peasants, certainly the peasants-in-uniform.
But as events developed -- with the Bolsheviks wanting to make an immediate peace with the Germans, no matter how harsh the Germans' terms, and the Left SR's being patriots and opposing this -- things deteriorated.
Wars and civil wars are very poor laboratories for growing liberal democracies. We owe our liberties and belief (in theory) in limited government to the English Revolution, which ended up with Cromwell's dictatorship. Nor was, if you were an American Loyalist, the American Revolution all sweetness and light towards people who were, as the Revolutionaries saw it, counter-revolutionaries.
Anyway, it's more complicated than can be seriously discussed in a forum like this.
I would urge everyone, Left or Right, to have a go at reading Trotsky's
History of the Russian Revolution, available for free from
Marxists Internet Archive . It's obviously partisan, but beautifully written (translated into English by the poet Max Eastman), and there are important lessons for patriots about how to maneuver in turbulent times, when you are minority, but with a program that appeals to many outside your ranks. You can counterbalance it with Orlando Figge's
A Peoples Tragedy.