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…
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.
L + rip bozo + give me your toothbrush
From one of the linked articles, titled "Communism isn't sexy, it's dangerous and destructive":
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.
Not only wrong, but that's not even how culturally-ingrained things work.