Tankies don’t usually believe that Stalin or Mao “did nothing wrong,” although many do use that phrase for effect (this is the internet, remember). We believe that Stalin and Mao were committed socialists who, despite their mistakes, did much more for humanity than most of the…
  • ItsPequod [he/him]4•9 months ago

    What did Ben Franklin do? Besides help found America, I mean

    • tripartitegraph [comrade/them]5•9 months ago

      A fun quote from a letter Franklin wrote to a doctor that is cited in Losurdo's Liberalism:

      Half the lives you save are not worth saving, as being useless; and almost the other half ought not to be saved, as being mischievous. Does your conscience never hint to you the impiety of being in constant warfare against the plans of Providence?

      So not something he did, but more a look into his frame of mind. He really didn't care for the poor.

    • Doug [he/him]@midwest.social3•9 months ago

      I may have been unintentionally mixing stories and confusing the subjects. I'm sure there's something there but I'm not sure what off the top of my head right now.

      The name can be swapped with plenty of others and the point remains the same though. Thomas Edison, Obama, any Bush, etc etc

      • JoeByeThen [he/him, they/them]5•9 months ago

        The name can be swapped with plenty of others and the point remains the same though. Thomas Edison, Obama, any Bush, etc etc

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