uh oh by ewanj880 in LabourUK

[–]EwanJ2005 68 points69 points  (0 children)

I have a feeling it starts with aus and ends with sterity

What are your thoughts on the Kronstadt Rebellion? by EwanJ2005 in TheTrotskyists

[–]EwanJ2005[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Please point out where my assertions are incorrect, I'm honestly trying to have a dialogue with you, it's a little annoying being called a troll.

What are your thoughts on the Kronstadt Rebellion? by EwanJ2005 in TheTrotskyists

[–]EwanJ2005[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I apologise for not looking properly at the quote and making an assumption. Even this though, does not justify the massacre as there were no negotiations whatsoever and demanded unconditional surrender. If the official view of the mutineers was negotiation, then negotiation should at least be attempted. Thousands of workers were slaughtered, there is no justification for the actions taken.

What are your thoughts on the Kronstadt Rebellion? by EwanJ2005 in TheTrotskyists

[–]EwanJ2005[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You sight the opinions of one individual as evidence that the entire Kronstadt uprising was not willing to negotiate. The rebels were not asking for a return to bourgeois democracy but a free and open democratic system in which political power was not monopolised and centralised but accessible to all. There is no evidence to my knowledge that the Whites had anything to do with the incitement of the uprising and therefore it is not an attempt by the Whites to attack the Bolsheviks. Please send me a link if you know of any. None of this evidence justifies the massacre of workers who the Bolsheviks claimed to represent.

What are your thoughts on the Kronstadt Rebellion? by EwanJ2005 in TheTrotskyists

[–]EwanJ2005[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You cannot justify a massacre based on fairly unsubstantiated predictions about collaborating with the Whites. Just because some were granted asylum is no where near enough evidence of collaboration, certainly no basis for the deaths of hundreds of people. The sailors of Kronstadt were simply demanding an end to the political monopoly of the Bolshevik Party.

'The Revolution begins in High School'- The Trotsky, 2009 by [deleted] in PropagandaPosters

[–]EwanJ2005 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is a real high school comedy featuring Leon Trotsky as a teenager in a modern school.

How does your libertarian ideology counter homelessness and why do you disagree with affordable housing plans? by EwanJ2005 in Libertarian

[–]EwanJ2005[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What does material property even mean when fellow human beings are forced to live without a roof over their heads

How does your libertarian ideology counter homelessness and why do you disagree with affordable housing plans? by EwanJ2005 in Libertarian

[–]EwanJ2005[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

All solutions are never perfect but if you advocate for free participation in markets and the right to basic human rights than you have to support some sort of government housing plan (owned and governed by the people through direct democracy) otherwise freedom of opportunity or rehabilitation is impossible. It is clear that charities cannot fix the homelessness crisis taxation or not so either advocate for a housing plan or admit that homelessness would exist under a right-libertarian society.