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…
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
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