• blakeus12 [they/them, he/him]@hexbear.net
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          what makes this argument “bad faith?” it’s saying this:

          if you call yourself a socialist but don’t support any socialist movement at all, you aren’t a socialist.

          if you support most of these people/countries, then great! but how is this bad faith, at all?

            • blakeus12 [they/them, he/him]@hexbear.net
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              Yeah, I can see where you’re coming from. But the meme itself says “hate,” not “I am critical of.” Being critical of leftist movements are super important, and the meme is making fun of the stereotype of a western “leftist” whose only radical opinions are legalizing weed and getting free healthcare.

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                Yeah, I sorta realized that. I purged my comments because i realized they didnt contribute to anything other than making myself look dumb

    • Cummunism [they/them, he/him]@hexbear.net
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      DemoSocs are liberals and history has shown time and time again they will side with fascists and exterminate anti capitalists.

      but that doesn’t mean I support all branches and types of socialism

      yes, like a liberal. DemSocs want to reform capitalism, which isn’t possible. And yes, Bernie is a liberal. The best one, but still a liberal.

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      Pre revolution, those countries were utter basket cases. Post revolution, they brought land reform (broke up massive land holdings and gave them to the landless), ended their high illiteracy, and brought in much better health care and human services. And they do it despite the West sanctioning, sabotaging, and trying to destroy them anyway possible.

      Literally any anti communist story coming out of the West has HUGE provable lies and exaggerations, and it always has massive obvious fascists claiming it. Go ahead, name one “oh but the USSR did…” and I’ll show you a story of academic fraud and some guy that thought that Hitler wasn’t that bad.