One, and most minorly, nobody in the former Soviet Union generally uses the word "stalinism" to refer to the political system either during or after Stalin. "Stalinskii" is a word generally applied to architecture.
Two, nobody in the former Soviet Union, of whatever political persuasion, even the most rabid anti-Communist, believes that the USSR, during or after Stalin, was devoid of personal or political freedoms. Curtailed, yes. Devoid, no. I swear it's like you guys think the KGB was monitoring everybody 24 hours a day. :)
Third, and most specifically, this: 'Their "ire" was "more directed at the system" that denied them the most elementary personal and political freedoms. And constantly insulted their intelligence.'
In fact, their ire was, specifically, economic, aimed at the fact that they did not live as well as their counterparts in the West.
--- On Wed, 6/17/09, Bhaskar Sunkara <bhaskar.sunkara at gmail.com> wrote:
> From: Bhaskar Sunkara <bhaskar.sunkara at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Hamid Dabashi on Iran
> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> Date: Wednesday, June 17, 2009, 9:13 AM
> Agrees with him about what?
> That Stalinism was a class society of sorts
> devoid of personal and political freedoms? What isn't there
> to disagree
> with?
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