Anonymous #3 16w

I think people mainly glorify it because the Soviet union to some extent proved for the first time that left wing policies can work. The Soviet Union was the blueprint and we can learn to be better from the failures they had

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Anonymous #4 16w

And those same ppl often ignore the fact that they committed genocide. We can’t learn from it if we don’t acknowledge it.

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Anonymous #5 16w

It was a symbol originating from the Russian Revolution, and was used as the flag of the Soviet Union. It makes sense that it’s still very tied to the Soviet Union in the minds of most people

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Anonymous #6 16w

OP reacted to the post as if using the symbol in any sense was equivalent to romanticizing the Soviet Union. it’s not.

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Anonymous #3 16w

I agree.

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Anonymous #5 16w

And I’m just saying it’s understandable that op thought that. It’s a pretty common opinion among the general public

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Anonymous #6 16w

Even if it’s not accurate

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Anonymous #6 16w

well then it’s a good thing someone set them straight without commenting on whether or not their misconception was understandable, huh 👍

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Anonymous #5 16w

I wasn’t arguing with you? I’m not sure why you’re responding like this? I was adding onto your comment, and explaining why the OP probably made that mistake

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Anonymous #5 16w

I don’t really understand the downvotes or the sarcastic huh 👍

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Anonymous #6 16w

it definitely came across like you were trying to argue with something I hadn’t said. but even with that not being your intent, I just don’t think anyone needs it explained to them that the hammer and sickle is Often associated In Part with Soviet history. that’s redundant (especially when no one was actively trying to dunk on OP for not knowing better), and when you needlessly explain the obvious to another person without being prompted, that has a tendency to sound like condescension

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Look up the Holodmor and educate yourself please

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I had family members die during the Ukrainian genocide

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…my family fled the Soviet Union due to the genocide. They had no ties to the Nazis.

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I can’t imagine being this disrespectful to victims of a genocide.

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Wtf is your problem

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No, we said we can’t use countries like the USSR or China as a model for excellence with regard to the atrocities they have committed. This is a stupid argument because no one is arguing the United States is good. In fact, you’re the only person who brought up the West.

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China’s main economic policy is literally mercantilist slave labor. They give out loans to poorer countries for critical infrastructure, and when they default, they seek repetitions in other ways.

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You realize that just because something opposes a terrible thing doesn’t mean it’s incapable of being flawed itself right? And disrespecting victims of a genocide doesn’t do anything to solve any of the problems you claim to care about

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No one here is anti communist, and no one here used anti communist rhetoric

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Historically, China did this in many countries. You can blame developing countries all you want, but the fact is that they won’t be sufficiently organized. They repeated this pattern in multiple countries, and it cannot be argued that they weren’t aware that asset seizure was the most likely outcome when they brokered these loans

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Anonymous OP 16w

you quote-posted a lighthearted pro-communism shitpost just to disingenuously frame it as “glorifying the Soviet Union”. regardless of your individual political beliefs, you absolutely did post anti-communist rhetoric

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