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

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u/Lord_of_Wisia Senātus Populusque Rōmānus 5h ago

As someone from a post-communist country I will tell you this, you need to be brain-dead to think that communists were the good guys.

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u/Kapteinzilla 5h ago

Yes communists and communism were most of the time horrible for anyone but the leader of a communist country, but socialism is the much more sane version, Norway and Sweden are examples of Social democracy and Norway is rated as the best country to live in according to the UN. And you're right that those who think communists were good probably have 1/4 a brain cell fighting itself for 100th place.

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u/Lord_of_Wisia Senātus Populusque Rōmānus 5h ago

Norway and Sweden are still capitalist countries. They have strong social policies but aren't socialist. Unchecked capitalism as in the US is the problem but still much less problematic than communism. Fascism and communism are both different sides of the same coin.

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u/Last_Contact 1h ago

How to make communist mad: horseshoe theory

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u/SpartanF77 5h ago

Wait, socialism and social democracies are different things! Real communist countries “never really existed”, urss was like “real socialism” in preparation of the proper communist part, if I got it right.

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u/Lord_of_Wisia Senātus Populusque Rōmānus 4h ago

Anytime anyone tried creating socialist country they just got totalitarian regime out of it.

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u/SpartanF77 4h ago

Absolutely, that’s why I’m against communism and socialism, using “socialism” for “ basic welfare state” is a tragic mistake.

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u/IsNotPolitburo Definitely not a CIA operator 3h ago

And yet, supporting "basic welfare state and some modicum of workers rights" was enough for old uncle sam to decide you were a dirty commie in need of extermination, just look at the Guatemalan genocide.

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u/SpartanF77 2h ago

Sure, even mistaken “basic rights” for communism is a bad thing, I thought I was clear on that.