She says that in the final years of the Soviet Union the Communist government gunned people down in the streets. I would be curious to learn more except I can't find anything about it, besides this event.

It is a bit sad that communism is now demonised for these people considering the scale of violence committed globally by capitalist regimes.

I don't really know what I'm trying to ask but there is a question there somewhere.

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

    note the irony clearly visible even in the bubble: 9 deaths is the founder myth and the "greatest crime of communism"

    I noticed this recently with a lot of anticommunist stuff, they really bury the lede to make it seem worse than it is

    Growing up the Berlin Wall was presented as if countless people died trying to flee, and then you look it up and it was like maybe 1 or 2 people a year