Comment on YSK that Joseph Stalin created the Great Terror. He started killing people randomly including artists, generals, doctors, scientists, government officials. Everyone was terrified.

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silentjohn@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

Me: provides evidence from the CIA itself, directly related to the topic on hand

Another user: provides evidence that many/most ex-soviet citizens actually preferred Socialism vs the Shock Capitalism they experienced. (Read Shock Doctrine and Blackshirts and Reds)

You: nuh uhh! My great grandparents told me a story once!

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Yes indeed. I fight against misinformation and for human rights. I support and march alongside strikers. I confront Proud Boys and other fascists. I resist against ICE. I fight for LGBTQ+ and BIPOC rights. I am active in mutual aid in my community. I’ve helped put Progressives and Socialists in elected office. I’m organizing my community against fascism and capitalism that ruins our lives.

You? Well … what have you accomplished lately?

That we’ve actually still have accounts of those who witnessed and experienced it first hand.

Yes of course. And there’s Cubans in Miami who denounce Cuba. Nevermind that these people are all ex-land owners, factory owners, and capitalists who exploited the working class for their own benefit. Castro was kind enough to exile them instead of what Mao did.


Myth: Communism Killed 100 Million+ People

Debunked:

Death tolls often include WWII casualties, famines, and natural disasters, misattributed to communism.

Capitalist atrocities (Native American genocide, transatlantic slavery) dwarf these numbers.

Sources like the “Black Book of Communism” are ideologically biased and widely discredited.


Myth: “Communist countries have no food!”

Busted:

Famines (e.g., USSR 1921) were caused by war/sanctions, not socialism.

Socialist states often had better nutrition than capitalist peers (e.g., Cuba’s food security vs. US food deserts).

Capitalist countries waste 40% of food while millions starve.


A good book to read is Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism by Kristen Ghodsee. So yea, read some books. Or rely on anecdotes 2 generations removed lol

Blocking you, I have no desire to continue this thread.

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