The duality of Lemmy
If all Communism is Soviet, then all capitalism is The Dutch East India Company.
Racism, slavery, and settler colonialism is the origin story of capitalism. But yea, the gulags were bad and stuff.
If all Communism is Soviet, then all capitalism is The Dutch East India Company.
Yes actually
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Don’t forget certain people are significantly less equal, but they’re reactionaries and they don’t count as people, so it’s O.K.
Authoritarian. Not communist.
Same difference.
“Communism in it’s pure form has never existed so any criticisms of communist regimes are invalid” ~ any communist who is confronted by historical atrocities carried out in the name of their economic/political ideals.
It is very possible to both acknowledge that communism has not, in fact, existed and that regimes that used the word “Communist” are deserving of criticism. It could stand to happen more often tho
Nuance is for nerds.
It’s me, I’m nerds
This meme was born out of .ml users spamming my post mentioning branches of the family tree that were killed in Europe. Once one finds a post that hurts their political feelings, five more clowns come out of the woodwork
I will murder my whole family in the name of Chippy.
Whats the logical reaction to that?
Chippy must be pretty cool.
