Mason

It really is. Like you could get in trouble just for not being sufficiently enthusiastic about the revolution.

It really is. Like you could get in trouble just for not being sufficiently enthusiastic about the revolution.

So this wasn't just some abstract concept. Bro, not at all. Maximoff gives some concrete examples of how this terror by starvation actually played out.

So this wasn't just some abstract concept. Bro, not at all. Maximoff gives some concrete examples of how this terror by starvation actually played out.

He was living through this stuff.

He was living through this stuff.

He talked about how Lenin specifically targeted the peasantry.

He talked about how Lenin specifically targeted the peasantry.

But those prices were often way below market value.

But those prices were often way below market value.

So the peasants were getting squeezed from both sides.

So the peasants were getting squeezed from both sides.

Forced to sell their grain at a loss. And if they resisted, they were labeled as enemies of the people.

Forced to sell their grain at a loss. And if they resisted, they were labeled as enemies of the people.

And Lenin didn't hold back.

And Lenin didn't hold back.

Called those resisting peasants enemies of the people, friends of the capitalists.

Called those resisting peasants enemies of the people, friends of the capitalists.

Painting a target on their backs.

Painting a target on their backs.