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[–] [email protected] 294 points 1 year ago (94 children)

There were no actual efforts to establish communism in eastern europe. Only autocratic regimes backed by soviet russia.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

And here comes the guy who thinks he can do it better, this time without mass killings.

[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 year ago

Hey, I can think what happened in Eastern Europe was just authoritarian dictatorships, backed by Muscovite colonialism & branded as communism just the same as what happened in parts of South America was just authoritarian dictatorship, backed by American imperialism & branded as laissez-faire capitalism.

Also I can think communism has never actually been tried, and that it’s functionally impossible (therefore people should stop advocating for it).

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