The brainworms in the comments it's just incredible. There's one actual good detailed explanation in the comments, waiting to see what :galaxy-brain: takes show up

  • AFineWayToDie [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Leave the commies alone! The sanctions are there because they are doing some kond [sic] of wrong thing to their people.

    "I don't know what they're doing, but I know it's wrong."

    • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]
      hexagon
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      edit-2
      3 years ago

      The "rooi gevaar" ("red scare" in English) is still very much real in South Africa, to pretty high levels. The past propaganda lives on.

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

        Something Fidel Castro dictator something...

        Always love to bring up Mandela's support of Fidel, it really gets under their skin as they love the liberalised version of Mandela in their heads, and not the real person.

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

        What's alarming is some more "left" people falling for the talking points. See people supporting Ukraine, or some people complaining that South Africa is providing aid to Cuba from the "left".