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ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

my point is that stalin didn’t represent communism, as is widely claimed

not sure what “logic” you used to get to that…
many people do claim that all criticism of israel is just antisemitism, nobody claims that criticism of nazis is a criticism of the german people.

some people have claimed that socialism, which is part of the nazi acronym, is bad because nazis are bad… but that’s pretty rare, so not worth noting when talking about them.

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Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

my point is that Stalin didn’t represent communism, as is widely claimed Well, we’re totally in agreement then.

nobody claims that criticism of nazis is a criticism of the german people. … nowadays.

Back then, the Nazis themselves did (more specifically that criticism of Nazism was criticism of the Germanic People or even of the Aryan Race), similarly to how the Zionists do it now for the people they claim to represent.

Those regimes are the ones doing such associations and then their supporters abroad as well as various useful idiots pick it up and parrot it.

The point I was trying to make was that Stalin and his followers claimed to represent Communism when they in fact did not (not even close). I know that’s not quite the same as claiming to represent a race, ethnic group or religion as the ethno-Fascists do, but I think claiming to represent an ideology it’s a similar technique.

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- ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  
  The point I was trying to make was that Stalin and his followers claimed to represent Communism when they in fact did not (not even close).
  
  that was the point i was making
  
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