Americans Can’t Seem To Stop Romanticizing Communism–Which Is Exactly What The Communist Dictators Did To Maintain Control
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It’s easy to romanticize any aspect of history. Our distance and our imagination can cause us to romanticize horrific events and regimes, sometimes providing…

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  • Rojo27 [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    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:

    • rubpoll [she/her]
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      2 years ago
      1. People who want you to stop romanticizing the past of communism
      2. People who clap like seals while watching Hamilton

      :same-picture:

    • RION [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      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.