Well, entire socialist bloc except for Hungary and Yugoslavia. Whatever opinion about Kadar you might have, he was way better than any of his contemporary bloc "socialist leader" (meaning Brezhnevite...
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Well, entire socialist bloc except for Hungary...Well, entire socialist bloc except for Hungary and Yugoslavia. Whatever opinion about Kadar you might have, he was way better than any of his contemporary bloc "socialist leader" (meaning Brezhnevite...
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By the way, this is the first time people are...By the way, this is the first time people are hoarding goods for fears of inflation and scarcity in the shops. Guess what? Practically the entire socialist bloc had this as a way of life from circa...
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Yeah. And Kadar's Hungary is probably the most...Yeah. And Kadar's Hungary is probably the most pleasant socialist regime ruled country that ever existed - that's why I for market socialism. I'd rather live in 1960s-1980s Hungary than in the US or...
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In that case, I sure hope Lukashenko does prevent...In that case, I sure hope Lukashenko does prevent this.
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Sorry, but this has no substance at all.
And I...Sorry, but this has no substance at all.
And I wouldn't compare Mugabe who basically run his country into the ground with Lukashenko.
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Now this is a regime that should GTFO. They...Now this is a regime that should GTFO. They should be executed, everybody in that disgusting goverment.
Anti-imperialism is not about supporting regimes that torture and kill children.
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May I direct you here?...May I direct you here? http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=133&t=48834&start=0
http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=117&p=847728
The first discussion is a Belarussian...
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List of countries by private and state sector compositionDoes anyone have a list of countries by the percentage of private and state sectors of their economy? Just curious.
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This is what I am trying to say.
It is not "my...This is what I am trying to say.
It is not "my dad beat me" excuse either. There is a difference between somebody excusing a rape in peacetime by "my dad beat me" and by a rape by a battle...
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Nothing new. Those who call other nations...Nothing new. Those who call other nations "savages" or "barbarians" are usually themselves savages worse than the most primitive war crazed Papuan tribe out of human prehistory. You know who has done...
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I wholeheartedly agree.
Come on folks, you...I wholeheartedly agree.
Come on folks, you think Western media care about German woman raped 51 years ago? They only care to make the USSR seem atrocious. This was not just an attack on the USSR,...
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You think the Red Army soldiers needed to have...You think the Red Army soldiers needed to have the Germans "demonized" to them by the leadership. The Germans did a good job in demonizing themselves before the Red Army soldiers. They didn't need...
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That's true. However American or British troops...That's true. However American or British troops have not experienced the things Soviet troops did. At least in the war against Germany, Japan was another matter entirely.
Anyways, the most "rape...
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The problem is, starved and cold soldiers who saw...The problem is, starved and cold soldiers who saw systematic genocide done on their people are not going to abide by any ideal of socialist army or whatever. That's cold, hard reality.
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Sorry, I can't watch Western propaganda films...Sorry, I can't watch Western propaganda films without exploding into white hot rage.
Were the Soviet (Soviet as a big portion of the Red Army was not Russian) rapes really more prevalent than...
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Ok, I've deleted my last posts. I was furious. I...Ok, I've deleted my last posts. I was furious. I do apologize for that. It was hateful and insensitive. It must be said, so was the historical reality of what Nazi Germany has done to the entire...
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You don't know anti-communist (aka closeted Nazi...You don't know anti-communist (aka closeted Nazi scum) logic? Stalin of course mind controlled each of the soldiers on the battlefield. Like in Red Alert.
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I agree, and I agree with the "be happy with your...I agree, and I agree with the "be happy with your shitty job" argument - while the media here wants to tell us how much we are better off "integrated" into the EU, the fact is, the same price that...
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Is this really true?http://www.revleft.com/vb/do-things-like-t131541/index.html?p=1701736
Is this really true? Knowing some people from "third world" countries (modern Russia, Paraguay, Ukraine) this smells bullshit...
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Most Soviet leaders have not commited atrocities,...Most Soviet leaders have not commited atrocities, only Stalin and Gorbachev (Gorbachev because he deliberately sabotaged the USSR whose fall resulted in millions of deaths, around 9.5 million from...
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Most of Mao's "killings" are the 1958-1961...Most of Mao's "killings" are the 1958-1961 famine. Basically, they count starvation deaths from the GLF period as if Mao personally shot each peasant with a shotgun. Basically, if a short famine...
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True, but most socialist countries were...True, but most socialist countries were relatively developed, while most capitalist countries are shitholes.
Plus, the wealth/welfare ratio contrast in the socialist/capitalist world was immense....
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Stalin vs. Queen VictoriaLet's compare these two rulers...:
1. Oversaw an extensive industrialization campaign - yes, but the Stalin one took 10 years while the Victorian one 100 years.
2. Their rule saw disastrous...
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Approx. 30 million people die every year from...Approx. 30 million people die every year from poverty (malnutrition, hunger, disease).
Yet supposedly we are "not able to quantify deaths caused by capitalism".
Even after just 4 years, the...
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Also, I'd like if you didn't refer to Nazi...Also, I'd like if you didn't refer to Nazi Germany in the same sentence as the Soviet Union. Thank you.