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Matthew Downhour

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Republicans say they hate communism but have no idea what the salient bad things about communist regimes actually were

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New Year’s Steve's avatar New Year’s Steve @lessdismalsci.bsky.social
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You are being overly charitable, mostly they don’t think that the bad things were actually bad things.

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Matthew Downhour 's avatar Matthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social
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Frankly if the USSR had actually been ruled by experts it would probably still be around

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SithOfAvignon's avatar SithOfAvignon @brennanx.bsky.social
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This is giving real “Aryan Physics” energy.

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🚲aksfjh👖's avatar 🚲aksfjh👖 @db-user.bsky.social
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to them, the "bad things" were when the revolutionaries took all that private property from the previous aristocracy everything that happened afterward was bad because it was illegitimate rule from unaccountable bureaucrats instead of legitimate rule based on Freedom™ and Merit™

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Mark Stout's avatar Mark Stout @markstout.bsky.social
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Dictatorship of the proletariat = rule by experts. Huh.

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Hari Shevek's avatar Hari Shevek @harishevek.bsky.social
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I think the salient bad things for you are different from the salient bad things for them

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Tamara Keel's avatar Tamara Keel @tamslick.bsky.social
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"Communism" in modern conservatism is just a snarl word for "Stuff I Don't Like". It's sorta like "woke" that way.

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Kashana's avatar Kashana @kashana.bsky.social
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Communism is just anything they don’t like.

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Lizardguy64's avatar Lizardguy64 @lizardguy64.bsky.social
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And some idiots still refuse to fight against them. Why? When did we all die and end up in hell?

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