If anything Khrushchev is evidence that Stalin didn't purge enough.
Yeah, regardless of you're view of it's overall justifiably, many good people were marginalized (or worse) throughout the purges.
A particularly egregious example is the imprisonment of Soviet biologists and agricultural scientists who disagreed with Trofim Lysenko's literal pseudoscience, and the marginalization of genetics in favor of it in Soviet Academia.
https://www.marxists.org/subject/science/essays/sheehan.htm
Also the empowerment of Beria was, uh, not great.
genomics & neuroscience & these sorts of highly specialized scientific fields have come a long way since that time. Mendelian genetics was never a 100% materially based field and needed the discovery of DNA and chromosomes in order to confirm and vindicate it.
If we were to be fair here, I think even more recent developments in epigenetics reveal that Lysenko on certain thematic points was totally correct in assuming environmental & random non-hierarchical impacts on trait heritability etc. Lysenko's scientific notions were politically influenced, but we can't forget how the progressive era and race science & "eugenics" was a political nightmare supposedly built on this rational Western "science".
DNA wasn't discovered & recognized until the mid-1950s. Lysenko existed in a highly politicized world, and we can see that notions like ethnogenesis & haplogroups & neuropsychology & imaging and other sorts of "measurable" hard scientific attempts get into unfortunate territory when applied to human beings
Egalitarianism rejects survival of the fittest. From a basic sociological & humanistic perspective I hope we can see where Lysenko was coming from, but when dealing with pea plants I suppose it's not as difficult.
https://www.amazon.com/Lysenkos-Ghost-Epigenetics-Loren-Graham/dp/0674089057
Good, and very informative, comment. I suppose I'll evolve my position to be that I don't so much have a problem with the promotion of Lysenko as I do the suppression of various Soviet Scientists who publically disagreed with his theories.
Just chill out for now, admins be tripping right now :AC-AnarKitty:
If you on some level are calling, but don’t want help, think about it carefully which part wants and which doesn’t.
Computers can do logic, we’re humans after all:) But one doesn’t depend on the other, if you think being here is not good, but want help, you can inhabit the DMs and not look at strange internet drama.
Not wanting is not an active emotion though, it’s a result of some other active one, maybe think about which one and analyze it?
I can not sit and actively not want something for example, I may detest/hate/be prideful/etc to do or have or receive something,but it’s not “do not want” feeling, but the driving emotion is a different one. Can you sit and think I don’t want this spoon for example?
Nothing, your emotions are your extremely private thing, I’m just suggesting to carefully think about them and understand where this not wanting help thingy comes from. If you understand that emotion, you can then proceed more, eh, informed I guess. Hope you’ll find inner peace, you know.
Hey thanks for trying comrade. I saw you posting in a similar state not too long ago, and its nice to see you showing so much self-awareness and patience. I too struggle with mental health problems, yet have trouble being so unconditionally supportive. It's nice to see a positive example.
Everyone is fucking on one today. Good time to remind ourselves that there's no such thing as too much compassion and comradery. :heart-sickle:
Do you qualify for medicaid? I don't want you to take this the wrong way but i think you need medication. It's not normal for you to feel this way and you dont deserve it.
That’s a shame. I’d suggest going the fibromyalgia route. It might be tough to get the dx but the reality is that you deserve proper health care anyway and it sounds like you’re dealing with a lot. Do they have you on an ssri or a mood stabilizer?
Sounds like you need an adjustment. Depending on your history theyll evaluate you for mood and switch you, or change the brand/dose of the ssri. All this to say, there’s stuff the professionals can do and I’ve seen it firsthand. Don’t deprive yourself of resources you deserve and have been clinically proven to work for many many people.
I appreciate you making an effort and maintaining hope despite past experiences. It shows you’re forward thinking and is a good predictor for change and progress. I’m just a med student but I have firsthand experience with dozens of people who have been in a similar position as you and I’m happy to make myself available to you any time if you have questions about stuff like med management or therapy. Let me know what your doctor thinks about trying something like lithium or depakote. Sometimes people with BPD get misdiagnosed with depression and get put on ssri’s which can make the treatment process longer or more difficult.
You’re actually just being a fucking asshole at this point. You moderate an Internet forum, no one thinks you’re cool, please stfu
President Biden my name is Cindy I am 6 years old and I post on chacha. We are suffering from the lack of downvote buttons and no one will laugh at our very funny jokes.
Please help us, the people cry for freedom.
I didn't upvote this and have become an Anarcho-Democratic Communist Trotskyist with Maoist characteristics
