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Diacone Frost | 16 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 re: bolsheviks

you're probably referring to Parvus, but he got the financing from German government.

He did not architect the Lenins support alone. Romberg was german and he was equally important (maybe even more).

And I don't think that German government was influenced by jewish lobby that much at that time. But they did finance everything.

So the culprit is, as always, the state.
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Cyph3rp9nk | 16 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Several prominent leaders of the Bolshevik Revolution were of Jewish descent. Among them were:

- Leon Trotsky: One of the main leaders of the October Revolution and founder of the Red Army.
- Lev Kamenev: A prominent Bolshevik and member of the Politburo.
- Grigory Zinoviev: Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Communist International.
- Yakov Sverdlov: Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Soviets.
- Moisei Uritsky: People's Commissar for Internal Affairs in Petrograd.
- Genrikh Yagoda: Chief of the Soviet secret police (NKVD).
- Maxim Litvinov: People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs.
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Diacone Frost | 16 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 True.

I believe that Germany did architect the revolution. Those guys just executed the plan.

That was my point.

(Jews are everywhere same as Slavs or Kelts. You can't spin a cat without hitting some. It means nothing IMO)
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vlada | 16 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 All of these people were under the thumb of Stalin during the most repressive period of the USSR, all of them were dealt with. Lenin was also no sweetheart either, and he wasn't Jewish either.

We really need to stop blaming "muh Jews" on everything. These people have been reviled and feared for long enough. It was due to this fear that they constantly experienced expulsions and pogroms, which forced them from the countryside and into the cities. The christians also banned usury (i.e. money lending), which ensured Jews had no competition for their business. You can diss money lending all you want, but "muh Jews" is a problem of our own making.

I am not defending Israel btw. They have continuously been breaking international law, as well as the Geneva convention. They wage terrorist warfare, but only Hamas gets called out on it. Illegal settlement, bombing hospitals, killing civilians, threatening UN peace forces, and I could go on.

Hamas is also despicable. Hezbolah is despicable, as well as Iran. The Middle east is a fucking clusterfuck and we should have nothing to do with it. Let the biggest murderer win, on their own as far as I care.