Krono

Well I thought we were discussing education, but as far as information supression is concerned, I think both countries are heavily supresssing information, but the US method is simply much more effective.

Take for example an event similar in scale to the Tiananmen massacre, the Haditha massacre. The US military actively suppressed all info after it happened, classifying everything related to the killings. The only information from the state dept about this incident were leaks to the press downplaying the severity of the incident. Later, the DoD spends millions funding a Hollywood film to whitewash the incident, focusing on the perspective of the poor sad soldiers who did the massacre.

The result, I would argue, is that the Haditha massacre has been whitewashed, justified, and erased from history much more effectively than the Tiananmen massacre.

So you were left ignorant of the other half of the atrocities I mentioned, just like we suspect Chinese citizens are ignorant of Tiananmen?

I went to high school in North Dakota btw.

I think there are many events in American history that could be analogous to Tiananmen.

Were you ever educated on the 1985 MOVE bombing? The destruction of black wall street? The house un-american activities committee? The battle of Blair Mountain?

Were you ever taught about any of the coups we did to overthrow democratic governments in latin america? The death squads we trained? The authoritarians and fascists we put into power, and the oppression and death they caused?

Or, in general, the 70-or-so countries we invaded since WWII? I think most Americans can only name Iraq, Afghanistan, and Vietnam.

And that's just the stuff I can name off the top of my head, I'm sure there are countless American atrocities that I am unaware of.

Personally, the American education system taught me none of that. Many of these subjects are not discussed in broad American culture.

Unfortunately history shows that heroin and memes are not enough to stop fascists when they take power.

How are tankies uniting with maga?

Yeah but in 1930s Germany auth comms started with actual political power. They had an actual political party and gained 10-15% of the vote, which is a level of power modern Tankies could only dream of.

If we are worried about German politics in the 30s, then you should read about what the Liberals did back then, because they are once again capitulating to fascism.

Fascists have taken control of the most powerful country in the history of the world. Trump is following a gameplan to destroy nearly every institution in modern civilization.

"But some Tankies on the internet have some bad ideas too!"

You don't see which is the bigger priority?

Come back to reality mate, the "auth communists" have no political power and no motion.

Being afraid of an authoritarian communist takeover in the US is like being afraid of an invasion by the Mongol Empire. It would be scary, it would be bad, but its just a silly fantasy.

Back in the dark ages we didn't understand mental illness, so we just tossed mentally ill people in the oubliette to languish and die.

Now in the modern era we know so much more about mental illness, yet we are still doing that same shit omg wtf