I’d say I want to see someone try to turn this into Maoist, Third Worldist propaganda, but Ben did a good job himself.

  • RamrodBaguette [comrade/them, he/him]
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    3 years ago

    and rejected the militancy and authoritarianism of the eastern block

    I mean, the Eastern Bloc was far from ideal but this sounds like a reductive holdover from liberal readings on the Cold War. One side was actively "imperializing" while the other was giving weapons and aid to people resisting that.