• MF_COOM [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    Funny clip, but do not try to use this line irl comrades unless you just want to look like a freak and make everyone with a nuanced view of the Soviet Union look incrementally more like a freak by proxy.

    There are better arguments.

    Saying “the population grew 1.2%” over 30 years as if that’s some kind of standalone own really just reveals how little you even understand about what you’re saying, and makes the rest of us look delusional.

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        Breht from Rev Left once said a good response is “can you tell me a single book you’ve read on the subject?”

        I tend more towards something along the lines of “don’t you think it’s strange that your opinion on official enemies of the United States are always 1:1 with those of the US State Department?”

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      It’s possible that it is itself a trap to get the “not good faith” inquisitor to speak on your terms and not theirs. Idk what the next part of it was but if he asks “how come only so little growth?” Then you suddenly have a platform to say that Stalin and Russia saved the world from fascism

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      but do not try to use this line irl comrades unless you just want to look like a freak and make everyone with a nuanced view of the Soviet Union look incrementally more like a freak by proxy.

      nah you should use the line irl anyway

      unless you’re worried about getting arrested or something. Which fine.