• Tolc@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    Soviet union and mao were good

    Khmer rogue was backed by CIA

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      3 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.