Why are tankies so blind to what they’re doing? How can they worship dictators like the Kim dynasty, Stalin, Mao Zedong, Castro, Maduro, and vanguards like the CPSU?
It doesn’t make sense, if you want the working class to be free, why are you idolizing authoritarian rulers?
What the hell is happening here? This blind devotion and cult-like behavior is downright insane.
…language is very important. When the state carries out #criminal #terror against its own people, it calls them “criminals” or “terrorists.” During the 1930s, this was the normal practice. Looking back, we refer to #Stalin’s “Great Terror,” but at the time it was the Stalinists who controlled the language. Today in Berlin stands an important museum called "Topography of Terror"; during the era it documents, it was the Jews & the chosen enemies of the regime who were called "terrorists."
I am driven by my emotions.
"Our opinions generally have emotional rather than intellectual roots, and indeed rationality largely functions as a post hoc justification. Our political opinions, ultimately, are what we feel about the world, not what we think about it. And in turn, our opinions about particular events have a lot to do with how we feel about the world in general. It’s not an exaggeration to say that most people’s views about the kind of things that happen today are extensions of concerns of their own ego. And consequently, invitations to change their minds because new facts emerge, or because old ideas are discredited by new evidence, are in fact a threat to the strength and even survival of that ego."
"But few people, especially those who have received a decent education, want to acknowledge that their views are based on emotion and not reason. They therefore try to argue".
The first part of Stalin: The History and Critique of a Black Legend by Domenico Losurdo.
#communism #stalin
@georgetakei https://youtu.be/i8F5FgernVY?si=xmfLSNr0ISbA8Xrd
All #capitalism is bad. All #liberals and #liberalismm are fascists. The American empire is pure evil. #communists #comumerism #socialism is good. All #imperialism #nationalism is bad. #BernieSanders #aoc #AOC2028 #berlin are still hard right liberals. There to preserve the #dictatorshipoftherich #bourgeoisie #oligarchy to keep us from #revolution we need our own #lenin #stalin #mao #socialism #socialistsunday #antifascism #antimperism reform impossible
The Dictatorship of the Proletariat
https://diode.zone/videos/watch/4df52170-731a-4e8c-b058-aa673ffc888a
Dictators don't like the truth and they don't like science
Inspiring and heart-breaking story about Nikolai Vavilov who set up the first ever seed bank
Despite claiming to be a #Christian nation, #Russia has repressed #Christianity when it doesn’t serve the state. Under the #USSR – and especially under #Stalin – churches were demolished, priests executed, and believers sent to the #Gulag. Today, this same persecution continues.
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@randahl remember in his first term. He visited #putin #russia and #kimjongun #northkorea and he was thinking that this is something he wanted too. #dictator #autocracy #hitler #stalin he loves it, he is a sociopath and #narcist
Today in Labor History March 9, 1879: Anarchist militant and IWW organizer, Carlo Tresca, was born. Tresca was an outspoken opponent of fascism in Germany and Italy, and of Soviet Communism. He was one of the main organizers of the Patterson Silk Strike. He was assassinated in 1943 by an unknown assailant, presumably a fascist or the Mafia. Some believe the Soviets killed him in retaliation for his criticism of Stalin. The most recent research suggests it was the Bonanno crime family, in response to his criticism of the mafia and Mussolini.
Today in Labor History March 5, 1940: Six high-ranking members of the Soviet politburo, including Joseph Stalin, signed an order for the execution of 25,700 Polish intelligentsia, cops and military officers. 14,700 of them were prisoners of war. This extrajudicial mass execution was known as the Katyn massacre. Afterwards, the Soviets tried to cover their tracks by blaming the Nazis for the massacre. They continued to deny responsibility until 1990, when the government finally acknowledged and condemned the killings and cover-up.
I've noticed a lot of misinformation and oversimplification of the lead up to and reasoning behind the molotov ribbentrop pact. I'd suggest you listen to this or even more to get a thorough explanation of the entire picture and remember that it was the #USSR that saved the world and ended #nazi germany.
#communism #socialism #capitalism #history #ww2 #Stalin #prolespod
https://prolespod.libsyn.com/ep-74-the-stalin-eras-part-40-narrative-1939-1942
"Essee|Autoritaariset johtajat uhkaavat taas jakaa maailman keskenään, kuten 1930-luvulla. Euroopan on astuttava puolustamaan demokratian arvoja, kirjoittaa entinen ulkoministeri Erkki Tuomioja."
"Sekä Hitler että Trump harjoittelivat väkivaltaista valtaannousua, edellinen vuonna 1923 ja jälkimmäinen vuonna 2021. Trump oli jo päässyt ensimmäisen kerran valtaan perustuslain puitteissa."
