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It's easy to romanticize any aspect of history.
Its so easy to romanticize the Jim Crow South, putting the Japanese in concentration camps, slavery in America, genociding native Americans, etc.:what-the-hell:
- People who want you to stop romanticizing the past of communism
- People who clap like seals while watching Hamilton
:same-picture:
That's not fair. The seals clap because you give them fish. Libs actually enjoy Hamilton on its merits.
For a disturbing amount of people, it is. Antebellum or "Old South" parties still happen despite basically being slaveowner cosplay. The slaughter of natives has largely been reconciled as "well it was just war and conquest as usual, btw remember thanksgiving? They taught us corn and we all ate turkey :)))" in a lot of the american consciousness.
To liberal-conservatives that's is one of communism's greatest crimes.
none of the hundreds of millions of people who lived under communism actually believed in it, every single one was lying to gain power or were tricked by propaganda
The way the actual memory of life under communism has been hidden so completely from the west is incredible. Even in formerly communist country the memory of life under communism is dismissed, viciously, as mere nostalgia.
Getting to talk to people who actually grew up in communist countries and hearing what their lives were like is unironically one of the things that solidified my support for them. These perspectives must be hidden at all costs for the bougies
It's funny, that sounds like a pretty good summary of capitalism
Eh, it's an anti-communist magazine and the author writes exclusively shit like that. Not that it isn't a bad take, just unsurprising. It's like finding garbage in a landfill.
I think it's a backlash to teen vogue? Who knows, but I've seen a bunch of articles like this one from them.
i just think it's really funny that someone saw Teen Vogue and was like "no..... this can't be true........ i must save the children from indoctrination"
The system that built two global superpowers out of agrarian near feudal societies in less than a century clearly doesn't work
Nicolae’s piece told the horrific story of her family escaping communism and cited data regarding Millennials being more accepting of communism than previous generations, but things have only gotten worse in the five years since her piece was published. Gen Z is even more sympathetic towards communism than Millennials, proving that the romanticization of communism is so ingrained in our culture that true stories of the horrors of communism aren’t enough to steer people away from it.
L + rip bozo + give me your toothbrush
From one of the linked articles, titled "Communism isn't sexy, it's dangerous and destructive":
Though it’s nice to hear these empty platitudes, someone should inform AOC that being poor is not a sin. While financial hardship is not ideal, the idea of someone else living in poverty should not be thought of as a condemnable state. Yet this is how a Socialist thinks. To be poor is to be pathetic and helpless, thus it’s up to the Socialists to champion and save “the little people” from the evil and greedy capitalist.
Wall. Wall. Wall. Wall. Wall. Fuck you. Face the wall.
Communism is sexy exactly because it's dangerous (to bougie parasites) and destructive (of structures set up to oppress and exploit the masses)
Poverty is not a moral failing of the poor, dickhead. (me responding to OP)
in the Harvard Crimson no less. Enormous "they took away my grandmother's pony" energy.
Gen Z is even more sympathetic towards communism than Millennials, proving that the romanticization of communism is so ingrained in our culture
Not only wrong, but that's not even how culturally-ingrained things work.
You gotta admit he's a pretty fascinating guy. Big weird mystic who dies under outlandish and bizarre circumstances? If you want to explain the revolution in a sensationalist way that purposely cuts out class why not go with the giant beard wizard?
They always look to one person as the 'bad guy'
Plus they have to make it look like it was one guy pulling the strings or they'd have to acknowledge that the population in general wanted a revolution
she's a literal monarchy stan, it's incomprehensible to her that the people would revolt against their beloved Nicholas II because of things he actually did.
It's because of the kid's movie about Anastasia Romanov where he uses literal magic to cause the revolution.
the capitalist monster is starting to show fear :isaac-pog:
as seen in outlets like Teen Vogue promoting communism to their teenage readers
:sicko-blur: The cultural marxist takeover has begun
All I'm saying is that Capitalism never calls and always leaves me wanting in bed. It's not romance, it's just basic respect.
what is up with this article. the topic doesn't even fit in with the rest of the site. nice job CIA.
"Millions of women across America have been forgotten by the publishing world. They’re tired of having to go to trashy or politically biased sites and magazines just to get quality reads on health, beauty, and more For years, these publications have focused on proving how women are great by showing how they can be just like men."
:this-is-fine:
