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People who unironically support Stalinism in the modern day are red fascists. Whether they are technically the exact same thing or not isn't a meaningful discussion considering the commentary that Sanders is offering here. He is specifically operating within the context of modern American politics. Something average academic/armchair/larpy leftists are often completely fucking incapable of. His main use of analogizing Stalinism with Trumpism is the Cult of Personality not that they are literally the exact same thing. It is exhausting that this needs to be explained.
How does it give a pass to capitalism? Sanders himself would agree that capitalism contributed to Trumpism.
This is a level of paranoia suggesting actual brain damage, seek medical attention.
No, they are not. And the only reason you say they are is because liberals understanding of politics is entirely through the Marvel comic lense of there are "Good guys" and "Bad Guys" and the bad guys are foreign coded
Says the terminally online tankie troll.
Go touch grass and meet some friends irl. Oh wait...
Liberals really have nothing except endlessly spewing the same dozen insults at anyone who disagrees with them.
Tankies really have nothing except endlessly cheerlead a dead ideology.
Wait, so you don't have any friends irl.
Yup, more of the same rote insults. With some incoherent "no, u!" thrown in.
Go make some friends in real life, if you can.
And now you've exhausted the short list of insults and have to repeat the same ones over and over.
Lol @ "dead ideology" from the folks who lost to Trump twice
I mean, there is nothing you could say when the ideology you cheerlead imploded on its own. Even China turned to capitalism after seeing USSR collapsed.
Jesus, how bad is history education these days?
"Imploded on it's own" lol confidently incorrect, the US put a lot of work into overthrowing the soviet union, and I've got plenty to say about it, what a moronic retort. And lol @ "china turned to capitalism" you mean the country that executes more billionaires than any other on earth? Do you think capitalism is when people trade currency for goods and services? Jesus fucking christ log off and read a book
I thought as much you would say the same tankie script ad verbatim. The CIA did not even expect the USSR to collapse so soon when it did. Even if China execute couple of billionaires, like out of how many? China produced more billionaires than the USA just before and after the pandemic. That's not communism, is it? Having more billionaires than your rival? USSR sent and killed people for even owning less.
Go touch some grass. Go and meet actual people.
Anything's possible when you make shit up kiddo, go read that book now
OnE mOaR tWrY pWeAsE. It WiW WoWrK nExT TiMe! ReAd ThEoRy aNd iT ShOuLd WoWrK! ThE eMpIrIcAl eViDeNcE tO tHe CoNtRaRy iS nOt ReAl!
Christ, tankies coping so hard 😂 you lot touched too much grass alright.
Why are .world anti-communists all such massive idiots?
Dumbest anti-communist cliche ever, trying things again til we get them right is literally exactly how we make progress scientifically and politically you fucking moron
"Not enough lab rats ~~people~~ died. Bring more in!"
Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Just proves the point that tankies ignore reality!
Capitalism kills millions of people every year, and your argument against progress is that it isn't perfect. You're not just a moron, you're also a coward.
So, you are telling me that you want to replace a system that kills, with another system that also kills. In the name of progress? Are you saying that you are a bigger person to admit that you want to kill.
Tankies are actually-- willing to kill. Hence, the term. Colour me shocked!
I want to replace a bad system with a better system, simple as. You're either too stupid to understand that it would be a massive improvement or you directly benefit from the evil of the status quo, and yes I'd happily trade your life for it you're a massive waste of oxygen either way
Spoken like a true murderer.
You're pro-capitalism, it's literally self defense, you deserve it