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If your first instinct as a westerner is to criticize and lecture 3rd world communist movements, instead of learning from their successes, then you have internalized the patronizing arrogance of the colonial system you claim to oppose.

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[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 32 points 1 day ago

There are two classes, the bourgeoisie and the proletariat. There's myriad bourgeois ideologies and myriad proletarian ideologies. When the proletarians come to power, the bourgeoisie oppose their ideology and their state. That's true of third world communist projects.