The Spectre@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.ml · 3 days agoCommunism in theory vs in practicelemmy.mlimagemessage-square476fedilinkarrow-up11.67Karrow-down1119
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minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·2 days agoBit of a non-sequitor, I could bring up Kent State and use that to say the US isn’t a democracy. The US has a far worse track record than the Soviets.
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·2 days agoNumerous mass killings and/or genocides in Vietnam, Korea, Iraq, Afghanistan, Guatemala, East Timor, Cambodia, and much, much more.
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·2 days agoCan’t really call a civil war against Tsarists and fascists “killing their own civilians.” Moreover, the US bombed Cambodia more than any other country on the planet. Pol Pot wasn’t a Communist, but he was stopped by the Vietnamese Communists.
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Bit of a non-sequitor, I could bring up Kent State and use that to say the US isn’t a democracy. The US has a far worse track record than the Soviets.
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Numerous mass killings and/or genocides in Vietnam, Korea, Iraq, Afghanistan, Guatemala, East Timor, Cambodia, and much, much more.
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Can’t really call a civil war against Tsarists and fascists “killing their own civilians.” Moreover, the US bombed Cambodia more than any other country on the planet. Pol Pot wasn’t a Communist, but he was stopped by the Vietnamese Communists.