fine. compare stalin to something else that was closer to his time than he is to us:
American slave trade. do it. tell me stalin was worse than slavery?
the gfy.
Compared to genocide by Stalin, ICE is peanuts.
flandish@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
Buffalox@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
Again with USA as the example, no other democracy had slaves like USA did.
On the other hand comparable stories to Stalin can be found in multiple autocratic systems.
Where USA is the exception as in exceptionally bad among democracies, what Stain did is commonplace among autocracies.flandish@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
like the usa did
laughs in dutch.
Buffalox@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
If you are referring to South Africa you are a moron.
Because South Africa was very much an authoritarian leadership, and ruled by a white minority by force.
WTF is that reference supposed to show that does anything but support democracy?NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 23 hours ago
Yeah. The US definitely was horrifically evil long after other Global North countries had decided to chill but we were far from the only people running on the backs of the Global South.
In a lot of ways, the US was late to colonialism and took it WAY too far and commit atrocities for it. The USSR/Stalin was late to (there is probably a better term for it but I can’t remember it) peasant revolutions and took it WAY too far and commit atrocities for it… and then ended up being a global power that extended said reign of terror to anyone sharing a border with them.
Sunforged@lemmy.ml 23 hours ago
Dude the US is fully funding a genocide right now. Since October 7, 2023, the U.S. has provided Israel with billions in military aid, including at least $21.7 billion in approved funding, along with tens of billions more in future arms sale commitments.
You entire premise is so inherently flawed.
Buffalox@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
Please read my edited post.
And no I’m not anything remotely like a tankie, I am one who favor ACTAUL democracy, where among the best models we have running currently is the Scandinavian model.
A 2 party system can never be accepted as a functional democracy, also the level of corruption in elections is undemocratic. preventing people from voting and gerrymandering.
All those things detract from USA as a democracy.
You are delusional and create strawmen and then you think you have a superior view based on your delusions that have no basis in reality.