I keep hearing the term in political discourse, and rather than googling it, I’m asking the people who know better than Google.
I keep hearing the term in political discourse, and rather than googling it, I’m asking the people who know better than Google.
Lol
Shit, my comment got deleted, do you remember what it said? I can’t remember. Im sure it was probably something irritating for a communist…
Complaining about communists like you’re trapped in the 1950’s
Dont forget the past, lest youre doomed to repeat it.
In 1950s everyone learned the horrors of a communist system, and now 70ish years later, those with 1st hand experience are mostly dead.
I mean, yall confuse me. In your opinion, should we not have fought communism in the 50s?
Tell me you’ve never tried to look into actual communist history without telling me you’ve never tried to look into actual communist history…
They can’t see your comment, FYI. .world censors Grad comments.
Ah… right. Sometimes I forget how lemmy works.
In the 1950s, McCarthyite propagandists were spinning tall-tales and mythmaking about the world’s most effective system at rapidly improving living conditions and scientific development. 70ish years later, with the soviet archives (somewhat) opened up, we have much better evidence at just how awful the lies of the US Empire were, which was busy exporting genocide and terrorism worldwide in order to plunder and dominate the world.
There’s no confusion here, the US Empire was the evil side in the Cold War, and evil won out. From genocide against Koreans, Vietnamese, Cambodians, coups in Chile against democratically elected presidents in favor of dictators like Pinochet, brutal trade embargoes against countries like Cuba that dared to implement a more human-focused system, the US Empire was and still remains the most brutal and evil empire in history. Thankfully, imperialism is crumbling and this evil country is nearing its end. Hopefully after it falls, a socialist country can take its place.
Its sentences like this that hurt your argument critically.
“There’s no confusion here” ? You sure about that?
Yes, I’m sure. Based on what we factually know, the US Empire was a brutal exporter of death and misery while it plundered the world. The soviets were responsible for the largest and most significant improvements in quality of life in history, and supporting liberation struggles world-wide. I’m aware that anti-communists exist, and that anti-communism is the status quo in the US Empire. I’m also aware that that’s because of decades of propagandizing and the fact that the US Empire needs imperialism to function.
Im not surprised but its wild how you talk about some of this stuff. You talk literally like an enemy of America. If you could leave and have a decent standard of living in a different country, would you do it?
I have family here. I could absolutely have a higher standard of living if I moved to China, for example, but my family is here. I’d rather the US Empire become socialist than move myself, and more and more people agree with me.
You are on a platform made by communists, there are a bunch of us here. Mostly on instances Lemmy.world censors for you, like Lemmygrad.ml and Hexbear.net.
Im curious, how old are you? And im guessing you have been an American from birth? I’d appreciate it if you would indulge me… not trying to dox you
Edit: i am 41yo male east coast America
Not going to state my age. I am a Statesian, yes, that’s as far as I’m willing to state.
… you cant/won’t reveal your approximate age?
No one cares… no one is going to look for you.
No, I won’t, not to entertain you. There’s no point you could make of any relevance knowing my age anyways.
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