• SSJMarx@lemm.ee
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    3 months ago

    we know what these countries are/were like

    No you don’t! That’s my point! You believe a century of propaganda, and the only way that will change is if it is pushed back against at every opportunity!

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        3 months ago

        Some of us actually grew up in them.

        So were you part of the majority that wanted to keep the Soviet Union? The majority that opposed German reunification? The majority that voted in a single socialist Korean government or the majority that supported the Vietnamese one? Because every time a socialist government is formed the same pattern plays out - the majority prosper, the majority support it, but the wealthy deposed ruling class cries about how they aren’t allowed to be in charge anymore until the US gives them the backing they need to overthrow the people and reinstate their own dictatorship.

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          3 months ago

          No, we were part of the majority that had money but nothing to spend it on because everything was rationed. From water and heating to tv time and groceries. There wasn’t enough of anything because everything was going to export so at least on paper everything looked great and so you get to say stuff like “wow, that grass painted with toxic paint sure looks green from over here!”