ive been told every time that i even offer light pushback on criticsm against socialist countries in the global south that these are imperialist countries that commit atrocities and im being a total hypocrite by 'supporting' them and that most socialists in global south actually oppose and hate these countries.

is this just bad-faith liberal bullshit? how would one even respond to that?

  • CommieGirl69 [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    what is the general feeling of the Latin American left on the situation

    even our left-leaning liberals support them (openly or behind the scenes), that guy you talked to was full of shit

    edit: not redthebaron, i meant the guy OP talked to before making the thread lmao

      • CommieGirl69 [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        i'm brazilian

        and our mainstream left might actually be the mildest in all of south america, so i'm assuming the others don't "hate" venezuela/china/dprk either (though we're not immune to propaganda and some myths are there, but i've never met a leftist who "hated" any of those countries)

          • CommieGirl69 [he/him]
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            4 years ago

            I’ve talked to twice as many Brazilians than any other country

            actually makes sense, we're the 5th largest pop in the world and about half of all of south america (and a third of latam)

            I just wasn’t sure how many actively “supported” Maduro

            that one is a bit more complicated yea, it's critical support (to me, because they didn't go far enough, and because maduro has some right-wing deviations that suck - like, the FAES is trash)

              • CommieGirl69 [he/him]
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                4 years ago

                sorry, 5th largest by territory and 6th largest by pop because apparently pakistan has surpassed us (it kinda got stuck with me that we were 5th/5th, but populations change lmao)

                Idk what that is.

                it's like our BOPE, a heavily militarized police that does a lot of bad shit in poor neighborhoods hunting "criminals"

          • Chomsky [comrade/them]
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            4 years ago

            Brazil is also, if I'm not mistake, the largest country in latin America.