"I am critical of the surveillance heavy capitalist system I live in so I'll just go ahead and shift my argument to anti-communism."

As is tradition.

  • Ram_The_Manparts [he/him]
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    24 days ago

    It's quite telling how pretty much no one ever says "feels like nazi germany".

    Of course we have no propaganda in the west.

    • Kieselguhr [none/use name]
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      24 days ago

      In Hungary people are propagandized to think that Hungarian Stalinism is on par or even worse than the local nazis before them.
      Only counting the Hungarian Jewish people murdered in the Holocaust was cca. 600 000. If we add civilian fatalities on the Eastern front where the Hungarian army was committing its war crimes it becomes significantly more.

      According to Black Book of Communism type of statistics the "brutal Hungarian communist dictatorship" executed 1200 people. The list is public. I swear I chose someone randomly from the first page.

      Péter Rotyis, born in Mezőhegyes in 1890, who worked as a machinist in Budapest. During WWII, he was involved in the persecution and mistreatment of forced laborers [Jewish people] in Hungary. Arrested in early 1945, he was convicted for his role in serious crimes, including complicity in murder, and was executed on February 4, 1945.

      Győző Csikvári, originally named Győző Csicsits, born in 1899 in Budapest. After working as a shoemaker, he became a non-commissioned officer involved with labor service units during WWII. Known for his cruel treatment of forced laborers, he was arrested in 1945, convicted of war crimes, and executed on April 28, 1945, in Budapest.

      Yeah, some victims.

      alright: read some more... and... the literal nazi Hungarian prime minister overseeing the Hungarian Holocaust is also included in the 1200 victims of communism, absolute joke