Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 2 days agoNazi collaborator’s name found on Victims of Communism monumentricochet.mediaexternal-linkmessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up1157cross-posted to: canada@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1157external-linkNazi collaborator’s name found on Victims of Communism monumentricochet.mediaSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 2 days agomessage-square50fedilinkcross-posted to: canada@lemmy.ml
minus-squareZorque@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 day agoCause Stalin was an autocratic douchebag who used people for his own power games? Doesn’t really have a whole lot to do with communism, though.
minus-squarealcoholicorn@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 day agoThe CIA’s internal reports acknowledge that perception, while popular in the west, is not accurate.
minus-squareZorque@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·13 hours agoSo there was more than one autocrat in charge? Like… some sort of… oligarchy or something? You need more than a dozen or so “leaders” for communism… or, to be accurate, you need none.
minus-squarealcoholicorn@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·13 hours agoThose leaders were all elected, as were all but the lowest level of the communist party. Nearly every communist party is structured this way.
minus-squareMaalus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 day agoBoy, tankies will pull out everything to defend an authoritarian regime that killed millions.
Cause Stalin was an autocratic douchebag who used people for his own power games?
Doesn’t really have a whole lot to do with communism, though.
The CIA’s internal reports acknowledge that perception, while popular in the west, is not accurate.
So there was more than one autocrat in charge? Like… some sort of… oligarchy or something?
You need more than a dozen or so “leaders” for communism… or, to be accurate, you need none.
Those leaders were all elected, as were all but the lowest level of the communist party. Nearly every communist party is structured this way.
Boy, tankies will pull out everything to defend an authoritarian regime that killed millions.