• Forester@pawb.social
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    If you want to have fun with a Marxist, ask them to define a kulak. If you have access to a personal computing device, you are by definition a kulak. The average value of goods confiscated from kulaks during dekulakization was 170–400 rubles per household…

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      The average value of the goods which were confiscated from the kulaks during the policy of dekulakization (раскулачивание) at the beginning of the 1930s was only 170–400 rubles (US$90–210) per household.

      Assuming that’s not adjusted for inflation, that would be about ~4000$ today (using the high estimate of 210$). And 4000$ of farm equipment is a paltry amount.