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The websites functions as a hub for various [[Bourgeoisie|bourgeois]] pseudo-intellectuals to promote anti-communist propaganda, even though the main focus of the website is allegedly to combat [[Rightism|right-wingers]]. | The websites functions as a hub for various [[Bourgeoisie|bourgeois]] pseudo-intellectuals to promote anti-communist propaganda, even though the main focus of the website is allegedly to combat [[Rightism|right-wingers]]. | ||
==Positions== | |||
RationalWiki is fiercely anti-communist and subscribes to the narrative upheld by [[First World|Western]] intelligence agencies. It claims [[Revolution|revolutionary]] [[Communism|communist]] figures such as [[Vladimir Lenin]],<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Vladimir_Lenin "Vladimir Lenin"]. ''RationalWiki''. Retrieved August 3, 2025.</ref> [[Joseph Stalin]],<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Joseph_Stalin "Joseph Stalin"]. ''RationalWiki''. Retrieved August 3, 2025.</ref> and [[Mao Zedong]]<ref name="rwmao">[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Mao_Zedong "Mao Zedong"]. ''RationalWiki''. Retrieved August 3, 2025.</ref> were "dictators" without proper sourcing. | |||
RationalWiki claims that the [[Soviet famine of 1932–1933]] was a "[[Holodomor]]" (deliberate [[genocide]]) which killed "between 2 and 10 million people",<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Holodomor "Holodomor"]. ''RationalWiki''. Retrieved August 3, 2025.</ref> a stance which even most bourgeois academics do not hold. It makes similar claims against Mao, claiming he killed "40 to 70 million people",<ref name="rwmao"></ref> and [[Pol Pot]], falsely claiming that he sought to reduce [[Democratic Kampuchea|Kampuchea's]] population to 1 million.<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Pol_Pot "Pol Pot"]. ''RationalWiki''. Retrieved August 3, 2025.</ref> | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[Wikipedia]] | * [[Wikipedia]] | ||
* [[Liberapedia]] | * [[Liberapedia]] | ||
==References== | |||
{{Reflist}} | |||
[[Category:Wikis]] | [[Category:Wikis]] | ||
Revision as of 03:39, 4 August 2025
RationalWiki | |
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 Main page of RationalWiki. | |
| Type | Wiki |
| Founded | May 22, 2007 |
| Key people | Trent Toulouse (operations manager) |
| Espoused ideology |
Liberalism Anti-communism |
| URL | rationalwiki.org |
RationalWiki is a liberal and anti-communist MediaWiki site. It was created in 2007 to counter Conservapedia, a Christian fundamentalist website, after an incident in which some editors of Conservapedia were banned.
The websites functions as a hub for various bourgeois pseudo-intellectuals to promote anti-communist propaganda, even though the main focus of the website is allegedly to combat right-wingers.
Positions
RationalWiki is fiercely anti-communist and subscribes to the narrative upheld by Western intelligence agencies. It claims revolutionary communist figures such as Vladimir Lenin,[1] Joseph Stalin,[2] and Mao Zedong[3] were "dictators" without proper sourcing.
RationalWiki claims that the Soviet famine of 1932–1933 was a "Holodomor" (deliberate genocide) which killed "between 2 and 10 million people",[4] a stance which even most bourgeois academics do not hold. It makes similar claims against Mao, claiming he killed "40 to 70 million people",[3] and Pol Pot, falsely claiming that he sought to reduce Kampuchea's population to 1 million.[5]
See also
References
- ↑ "Vladimir Lenin". RationalWiki. Retrieved August 3, 2025.
- ↑ "Joseph Stalin". RationalWiki. Retrieved August 3, 2025.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Mao Zedong". RationalWiki. Retrieved August 3, 2025.
- ↑ "Holodomor". RationalWiki. Retrieved August 3, 2025.
- ↑ "Pol Pot". RationalWiki. Retrieved August 3, 2025.