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byAmiMoJo ( 196126 ) * writes:
Obviously the ones they parade are just shells. Do you think the US/USSR paraded armed nuclear missiles down the streets back in the day?
byperagrin ( 659227 ) writes:
Damn straight they did. And every communist lived in peace with their neighbors.
bycold fjord ( 826450 ) writes:
Damn straight they did. And every communist lived in peace with their neighbors.
It's nice that people can still believe fairytales, but not so nice when they involve the "peaceful" nature of communism. There is a little history you left out, such as:
The Soviet suppression of the workers strike in East Germany in 1953, the Soviet invasion to put down the Hungarian revolution in 1956, the Soviet led Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968 to crush the "Prague Spring - Socialism with a Human Face," and the Soviet invasion of communist Afghanistan.
The Soviet Invasion of Afghanista [heritage.org]
byFirethorn ( 177587 ) writes:
It's nice that people can still believe fairytales, but not so nice when they involve the "peaceful" nature of communism. There is a little history you left out, such as:
I think your sarcasm detector is broken. Peragrin's post pegged mine.
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bycold fjord ( 826450 ) writes:
I think your sarcasm detector is broken. Peragrin's post pegged mine.
The problem is that there are still people that either believe what that post said, or something close enough that it doesn't matter. There are still communists and advocates for communism worldwide, including here on Slashdot. Even North Korea has defenders around the world. The United States itself has a number of active communist parties - Americans just don't let them anywhere near power when they understand that is who it is. (Europeans often claim that the United States has no true left despite th
bycold fjord ( 826450 ) writes:
First link should be: SEIU drops mask, goes full commie [pjmedia.com]
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