And then clueless Americans have the fucking nerve to say "but why are people poorer in muh gommunism, checkmate carl mark!1!!1". Like you can compare America who had 80 years of uninterrupted peace in their mainland (1865-1945), whereas the Soviet Union and Russia just in the 20th century went through 4 major wars, one of which killed 27 million people. Because socialism is this smoking gun that can instantly overcome an unimaginable geopolitical and economic advantage that the west has had throughout history.
Yeah it's super frustrating to try to unpack these particular , especially with people who are nominally historically literate otherwise but just cannot forsake the anti communism they've been fed their whole lives
And then clueless Americans have the fucking nerve to say "but why are people poorer in muh gommunism, checkmate carl mark!1!!1". Like you can compare America who had 80 years of uninterrupted peace in their mainland (1865-1945), whereas the Soviet Union and Russia just in the 20th century went through 4 major wars, one of which killed 27 million people. Because socialism is this smoking gun that can instantly overcome an unimaginable geopolitical and economic advantage that the west has had throughout history.
Yeah it's super frustrating to try to unpack these particular
, especially with people who are nominally historically literate otherwise but just cannot forsake the anti communism they've been fed their whole lives