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The Incentive to Call Someone a Kulak
2:11:50 - 2:22:12 (10:21)
During the Soviet Union's efforts to collectivize farms, there were grave consequences for being associated with kulaks - wealthier peasants who opposed the government's actions. Calling someone a kulak had potentially lethal effects, leading to people abusing the label for their own gain.
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The Soviet Union and North Korea have used the tactic of labeling certain individuals or groups as kulaks or foreigners respectively, in order to undermine them and maintain their own power.
2:11:50 - 2:16:24 (04:33)
Summary
The Soviet Union and North Korea have used the tactic of labeling certain individuals or groups as kulaks or foreigners respectively, in order to undermine them and maintain their own power. This tactic led to oppression and violence towards innocent people who were targeted based on these labels.
ChapterThe Incentive to Call Someone a Kulak
Episode#347 – Michael Malice: Christmas Special
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
Ann Applebaum's book, Red Famine, recounts the Holodomor, a man-made famine in Soviet Ukraine during the 1930s, and the persecution of Kulaks, including stories of Kulak sympathizers being denied food and dying on the spot.
2:16:24 - 2:19:55 (03:31)
Summary
Ann Applebaum's book, Red Famine, recounts the Holodomor, a man-made famine in Soviet Ukraine during the 1930s, and the persecution of Kulaks, including stories of Kulak sympathizers being denied food and dying on the spot.
ChapterThe Incentive to Call Someone a Kulak
Episode#347 – Michael Malice: Christmas Special
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
Starvation has a profound impact on the human body, causing exhaustion, loss of humanity and even driving people to madness and cannibalism.
2:19:55 - 2:22:12 (02:16)
Summary
Starvation has a profound impact on the human body, causing exhaustion, loss of humanity and even driving people to madness and cannibalism.