Man, this was hard to watch. At first it was really fun watching her dunk on Vaush but then she segues into talking about Vietnam and Agent Orange and damn, it's hard stuff.

    • LibsEatPoop [any]
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      4 years ago

      The video she's responding to is one where he claims Marxism-Leninism isn't a real ideology, and was cobbled together by Stalin, there aren't actually any MLs, tankies are always wrong. Stuff like that. So Luna was responding to that - how she's actually studied Marxism-Leninism in school for 16 years and Ho Chi Minh was the one to bring it to Vietnam and it had nothing to do with Stalin. I guess she just got fed up with Vaush and other terminally online leftists shitting on AES and stanning Sanders and AOC while doing nothing to stop the West from exploiting the Global South.

      • richietozier4 [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        Vaush: Marxism-Leninism doesn’t exist

        The over 97.3 million members of Marxist-Leninist parties worldwide: :die:

      • mehwhocares [she/her]
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        4 years ago

        I mean Marxism-Leninism absolutely has something to do with Stalin. Beyond him coining the word, and describing its definition, he was also one of the firsts to y'know... do it.

      • congressbaseballfan [she/her]
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        4 years ago

        Aha, yes my both sides spidey senses were tingling. Shitting on AES for all the wrong reasons, not because it’s Kruschev revisionism. Love anarcho-Bidenism lol

      • LibsEatPoop [any]
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        4 years ago

        Yeah she went off on that too - Western leftists/liberals (+ media) will constantly talk about how various Socialist countries (like Vietnam) failed or aren't socialist or whatever, without actually ever talking about why things are the way they are - they'll mention Vietnam allowing Western capital into the country and using that to condemn socialism/communism. But they'll never mention the IMF, the World Bank, the US sanctions etc that led them to that point.

        • ssjmarx [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          If V*ush was consistent with his beliefs, he would love Vietnam because they go to great lengths to encourage cooperatives, which is basically his short-term prescription for the US.

          • congressbaseballfan [she/her]
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            4 years ago

            :this: :this: :this: :this:

            Edit: a bug in the emoji menu made this post more than once, but I’ll keep it for emphasis