Wars the US waged in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, and Pakistan following September 11, 2001 caused at least 4.5 million deaths and displaced 38 to 60 million people, with 7.6 million children starving today, according to studies by Brown University.
    • Catradora_Stalinism [she/her, comrade/them]
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      1 year ago

      yeah, now that your new generation has embraced greed and idiocy

      You once conquered the stars and were a source of revolutionary optimism and workers rights that inspired the globe

      now you are nothing

      • vlad@lemmy.sdf.org
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        1 year ago

        We were nothing then and we are nothing now. You echo chamber conceived reality does not match up with the world outside and that must be scary, I get it.

        • Catradora_Stalinism [she/her, comrade/them]
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          1 year ago

          By nothing you mean:

          • turned back the largest invasion in human history
          • liberated Europe from some of the largest fascist empires in existence
          • industrialized enough to equal and surpass western European war production in 10 years
          • Became a beacon of the working class
          • became the focal point of the socialist movement
          • the home of some of the most famous revolutionaries, leaders, and scientists of all time
          • began the initiative to eradicate smallpox, a disease that has haunted us and killed billions of humans for thousands of years
          • became one of the leading scientific authorities in the world
          • FIRST MAN AND WOMAN IN SPACE
          • first satellite
          • bro you went to SPACE FIRST BEFORE ANYONE ELSE
          • perfected the planned economy and allowing its adoption all over the world
          • Its so famous that most people still make references to it as part of your culture
          • Codified your languages
          • vaccinated millions in a few years during the goddamn 30s
          • One of the most powerful nations IN THE WORLD! The US devoted hundreds of billions, maybe even trillions, to subvert you at every opportunity because they were terrified of you!
          • Many Countries had to live for centuries to make an impact, The Soviets immortalized themselves in 70
          • NONE OF YOUR POST SOVIET REPUBLICS SURPASSED THEIR PREVIOUS SOVIET ECONOMIES! NONE!
          • I'm just going to go back over the fact ya'll had some of the largest scientific discoveries in the world
          • first on Venus and Mars IN THE 70S!

          That's just off the top of my head. Saying they were evil is one thing (A stupid thing), but saying they were nothing? That's just plain fucking idiocy. Show some respect to your past.

          • vlad@lemmy.sdf.org
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            1 year ago

            All of that would be possible without killing millions of your own people in an attempt to spread an idealogy.

            • Catradora_Stalinism [she/her, comrade/them]
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              1 year ago

              the only time they "killed their own people" was the great purge, which was necessary to be rid of revisionist and monarchist elements.

              Liberals do the actual genocide, they just outsource it or ignore it