• SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    Saying the Soviet Union, Khmer Rogue and Mao were examples of bad leftist authoritarianism will get you banned from stuff there too.

    • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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      2 hours ago

      One of these things is absolutely not like the other two, supporting the Khmer Rouge is more likely to get you banned than not, as it was western-backed and stopped by the communists in Vietnam. Saying the USSR and PRC are bad is just generic anti-communism.

    • Tolc@lemmy.world
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      2 hours ago

      Soviet union and mao were good

      Khmer rogue was backed by CIA

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        2 hours ago

        Deng: Mao was about 80% good, 20% bad. I don’t think I need to list Deng’s mistakes. Or mention Hu Jintao.

        The USSR beat the Nazis, turned hundreds of millions of farmers living under feudalism into a space-based civilization with living standards comparable to the west within a single lifetime, and materially supported positive social movements all over the planet, but if you want to talk about any particular period, I can talk about things that in hindsight weren’t great, even with proper context.

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      2 hours ago

      Yeah no if you’re calling the Khmer Rouge, whom authoritarian communist, Ho Chi Minh, kicked out and the US armed and supported in exile until the 90s, an example of leftists, no shit you’ll get banned, clearly you’re not there to have an actual discussion.

      As far as the USSR and Mao, communist circles tend to have much deeper understanding and criticisms of these things because we actually engage with what actually happened, why it happened, it’s effects, how it’s perceived by modern historians, etc, as opposed to liberals who don’t actually care beyond its utility in jerking off while grunting “communism bad”.