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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are violent revolutions not a form of democracy? They generally require popular support to succeed.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You misunderstand. When liberals violently overthrow the aristocracy, that's a liberation movement. When socialists violently overthrow the capitalists, that's authoritarian tankie red fascism.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

but I thought propaganda was when I don't listen to the western narrative