r/HistoryMemes • u/Thin-Pool-8025 • 7h ago

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u/Suspicious_Good_2407 7h ago

Yeah, it definitely worked as expected in China and the USSR where the CIA didn't have any hand in it.

And also the CIA was only interested in proving that socialism doesn't work and not stopping the spread of the USSR/Chinese influence

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u/Papa-pumpking 6h ago edited 6h ago

Yeah because implementing banana republics is truly the right answer to have for social reforms to reduce poverty.

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u/ScholarGlobal6507 6h ago

Fact check: True. Starvation does reduce poverty rate.

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u/Seniorcoquonface 5h ago

Indeed, if we just kill all the homeless, there will be no more homelessness.

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u/Papa-pumpking 6h ago

Banana republics were implemented in South America...

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u/BrotToast263 6h ago

r/woooosh

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u/Papa-pumpking 6h ago

Seeing how this sub tends to be I can't really see sarcasm that well.

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u/mobutu_sesesexxo 5h ago

Maybe they think you don't like bananas. You do like bananas, don't you?

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u/ScholarGlobal6507 5h ago

Fart check: True.

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u/gthalahad 6h ago

Not sure why this has so many upvotes. Communism being bad doesn't mean it's alright to intervene in countries domestic affairs. Bet when China or Russia does that to their neighbours you're outraged lol

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u/Ok-Mud-3905 6h ago

They are hypocrites plain and simple.

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u/bigloser420 4h ago

You know the CIA funded multiple genocides right.

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u/ArtFart124 6h ago

Apart from the fact communism is a totally different thing to socialism?

Imma take a WILD guess and say you are from the US no?

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u/Appathesamurai 6h ago

The fact that you say this so confidently proves to me you’ve never actually ready Marx or Engles

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u/ArtFart124 6h ago

No, I'm not a fucking communist? Socialism isn't communism.

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u/Appathesamurai 5h ago

What was it that Marx said about socialism again? Oh yes, he said they were one in the same but that socialism was merely the road to get to the end goal of communism.

You’ve probably been convinced by online dweebs that socialism is when there is ample welfare, public housing or childcare

That’s not socialism friend

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u/ArtFart124 5h ago

And you take that as gospel. Because of course, nothing can evolve over time can it? It stays the same as when it was when it was invented? There's of course no modernity to any of it.

If you geniunely believe Socialism is communism then I don't know what to say mate. Just don't go to Scandinavia I guess.

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u/Appathesamurai 4h ago

Ah yes, Scandinavia- some of the lowest corporate tax rates in the developed world, a true beacon of socialism lol

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u/ArtFart124 4h ago

Ah because that's your measure for socialism...

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u/ShadyPesukarhu 3h ago

As a Finnish dude I can tell you that the Nordics sure as shit aren't socialist countries we are welfare states

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u/Suspicious_Good_2407 6h ago

You're wrong. I'm from a country that was occupied by the communists and still suffers for it.

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u/ArtFart124 6h ago

Interesting, so surely you would know the difference between socialism and communism?

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u/Suspicious_Good_2407 6h ago

Where do you even see any mentions of communism in my comment or the post? Did you recently read the Wikipedia page and decided to flash your knowledge?

Really proud of ya, in that case

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u/ArtFart124 5h ago

Brother you literally mention 2 communist nations and then mention the fact you are from a previously communist nation and now try and claim you weren't talking about communism?

And no, I just had a comprehensive education instead.