Comment on Hexbear federation megathread
Cleverdawny@lemm.ee 10 months agoHexbear user claiming to be anti fascist in favor of Marxist authoritarianism. To be followed by anger at me calling them out for being an authoritarian or denying that communism is inherently authoritarian. Later, the conversation will devolve into denial that the USSR was authoritarian, that it occupied and oppressed the countries of Eastern Europe and those constituent republics of the Soviet Empire which didn’t authentically want to be there (like Ukraine and the Baltic states) and whataboutism about American cold war actions.
Yes, we have all seen this conversation before, and all your rationalizations. You want to criticize the Democrats? Sure, fine, whatever, they aren’t perfect. But generally, a conversation with a tankie or chapo devolves into acrimony unless you favor dismantling capitalism in favor of their preferred brand of authoritarianism and support their historical revisionism.
autismdragon@hexbear.net 10 months ago
jewishcurrents.org/the-double-genocide-theory
Cleverdawny@lemm.ee 10 months ago
See, now I’m an anti Semite because I don’t like the USSR
TrashGoblin@hexbear.net 10 months ago
If the shoe fits.
Incidentally, this is one reason many of us, while not condoning Russia’s illegal invasion are not huge fans of Ukrainian nationalists.
Cleverdawny@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Sometimes people who fight for a noble cause, like liberation from the Soviet Empire, are not perfect people and sometimes even endorse evil in other areas. Doesn’t make the cause any less noble.