This is almost entirely anti-communist propaganda. Don’t believe the capitalists when they talk about socialism. They lie, distort and exaggerate.

Well, I dislike the propaganda that capitalists force down most of our throats. I like looking at the actual historical record instead.

Soviet archival evidence shows that the purges were democratically initiated by the party at large and were initially very popular due to the real problem of capitalist sabotage They got worse when the NKVD became overzealous and stepped beyond the bounds that were given them. The evidence shows that Stalin actually spent more time trying to reign in the excesses, but was often unsuccessful largely due to the weakness of the Soviet state that was recovering from a brutal civil war.

Of course, the purges were very excessive and rightly considered one of the big mistakes of the Stalin era, but the idea that they were his is ahistorical.

The gulags were not fascist torture camps. Many of them were barely even prisons, like they were towns where people could move around freely and even go to the theater. They were definitely work camps, where people repaid their debts to society, and the ones for political prisoners had heavy reeducation programs. They were successful, too. Many of the people who were imprisoned for anti-communist/fascist activity became committed socialists by the time of their release (not surprising given the logical nature of Marxism).

There’s a lot of misinformation out there about gulags, but when I say Musk belongs in one, it’s because he needs to work to repay all the damage he has done and if possible he needs to be re-educated. I don’t believe in prisons as punishment. I also don’t believe in capital punishment for people like Musk.

Zionists are fascists, how is that more complicated?

There’s a reason the Soviets had gulags.

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You are so steeped in propaganda that you refuse even to look at information outside of the capitalist bubble. Capitalists even have a material incentive to lie about socialism because it is the only thing that threatens them, yet you still believe their lies. I despair sometimes that humanity will ever be able to throw off their chains.

Social welfare is not socialism. And also, the only reason Scandinavian countries got social welfare was through massive civil unrest and threatening a worker’s revolution. The welfare was the compromise. They are still capitalist members of the imperial core who fund their welfare through exploitation of the global south.

Also, maybe read histories of the USSR and China that weren’t written by capitalists. They tend to lie about socialism, like a lot.

The power required to kick out fascists, seize businesses or do any of that stuff can really only come from a socialist revolution. There’s no way the capitalists will let you vote for it, that’s for sure.

Lmao the inevitable conclusion of an exchange with SatansMaggottyCumFart is someone saying “fuck off troll.”

I was about to wade in and warn you that he’s nothing but a troll, but you already reached found out 😂

They aren’t just the extreme right wing of their party, they are extreme right wing, period. Being left wing starts with being anti-capitalist and progresses further left depending on the means you are willing to use to end it and achieve socialism.

Are they coming? Or will the Dems just sit on it like they did during the Biden years? Seems more likely that the Dems will continue to serve the oligarchs, like they usually do.

Voting them out doesn’t work when the electorate is propagandized to believe they are good candidates. Changing politics in this country is going to have to start with grassroots community organizing. You are going to have to get out there and explain to as many people as possible that establishment Democrats are not on their side, and show that you are trustworthy by doing good work like mutual aid. If we just keep waiting for the election cycle to change things, nothing ever will.

This is it right here. Whoever controls social media controls minds.

The US is so good at propaganda that you are even repeating its propaganda in a comment that is calling out their propaganda.

I assumed that “It’s just that the American electoral system requires people to choose between a turd burger or a salad with a shit on the side” meant that you should choose one or the other, which to me means accepting the lesser evil.

Oh so you have no problem with choosing evil when it comes to American politics?