Explanation: During the Russian Civil War, the immensely unpopular and somewhat incompetent forces of the White Army, the conservative faction, sometimes lucked into reclaiming areas of Russia due to the unpopular and somewhat incompetent forces of the Red Army, the authoritarian socialist faction.
The White Army had a marvelous skill for turning anti-Bolshevik peasants into pro-Bolshevik peasants, however, in no small part because a good proportion of their staff were previously involved with the Tsarist government, and even those who no longer simped for the crown still had a very classist outlook on The Poors(tm). The peasantry would often very quickly find out that the same brutality and ruthless seizures of food and goods that they experienced under the Red Army’s occupation persisted through the White Army’s occupation, but now without any of the niceties.
Of the two, understandably, the peasants generally found they preferred the ones who at least called them comrade to soften the blow. And whose ranks were not made entirely of conscripts and scum of the earth seeking opportunities to abuse their power.
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Explanation: During the Russian Civil War, the immensely unpopular and somewhat incompetent forces of the White Army, the conservative faction, sometimes lucked into reclaiming areas of Russia due to the unpopular and somewhat incompetent forces of the Red Army, the authoritarian socialist faction.
The White Army had a marvelous skill for turning anti-Bolshevik peasants into pro-Bolshevik peasants, however, in no small part because a good proportion of their staff were previously involved with the Tsarist government, and even those who no longer simped for the crown still had a very classist outlook on The Poors(tm). The peasantry would often very quickly find out that the same brutality and ruthless seizures of food and goods that they experienced under the Red Army’s occupation persisted through the White Army’s occupation, but now without any of the niceties.
Of the two, understandably, the peasants generally found they preferred the ones who at least called them comrade to soften the blow. And whose ranks were not made entirely of conscripts and scum of the earth seeking opportunities to abuse their power.