I've been speaking with other more informed communists and they've told me that none actually exist. Is this true?

China, Laos, and Vietnam: now notoriously capitalists. Workers work 12+ hours with no protection in horrible factory conditions. Suicide rates are so high that suicide nets are installed. The air is so polluted millions die from lung cancer, especially factory workers w/out basic masks. Corporations dominate

North Korea: Undemocratically ruled by the Kim dynasty. Jong un indulges lavishly at the expense of his citizens, ordering millions in fine wine and trips from Denis Rodman. They might be the most socialist though, as Juche seems to otherwise be democratic.

Cuba: Sanctions have taken a massive toll, but even taking that into account the country still has its own problems. They have massive food shortages and inventory probs and aren't self sufficient after 60+ years. Why couldn't they've use machinery imported from the Soviet Union to develop their agriculture and fishery? The Soviets supported them heavily. They seem to be incredibly mismanaged or corrupt

    • Maoo [none/use name]
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      1 year ago

      lol that's how they get ya. Flooding the English language NGO SEO space with nonsense so that unsuspecting liberals get taken for a ride.

      Then we get to deprogram them, kicking and screaming!

        • Maoo [none/use name]
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          1 year ago

          I think it really is cynical SEO stuff. These groups write white papers that use very specific terminological tropes that help them pop up if you search for things like:

          • North Korea Human Rights

          • Is North Korea Communist?

          • Is North Korea a Dictatorship?

          That kind of thing. Then they boost themselves into Wikipedia by taking to journos or sometimes just literally citing their white papers, which just amplifies the SEO.

          We should take lessons from this stuff, lefty orgs can do the exact same thing by just using the right terms, making sites look professional/academic, and making friends with some journalists. Make the first search result for "Palestine is complex" be a site that says, "nope" in 30 different ways.

          • Catradora_Stalinism [she/her, comrade/them]
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            1 year ago

            the problem is mostly google, they can just selectively suppress our articles or just keep making sure the usual are the only ones making the front page

            They've rigged the game, although that doesn't mean we can't still try to play, just means we need to cheat somehow

            • Maoo [none/use name]
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              1 year ago

              That's true but I bet Wikipedia would be a good vector. Make them choose between suppressing the entire wiki article for a topic vs. showing everyone lefty stuff.