Remember! The US backed the biggest genocide after the Holocaust - the Bangladesh massacre of 1972, where 30 million people are estimated to have been murdered. The reason was that the Pakistani dictator who instigated the genocide was their ally. And they didn't like Mujib-ur-Rehman, the newly elected East Pakistani (Bangladeshi) leader, because he was a socialist! The US even tried to intervene militarily to help the war criminals, nearly starting a nuclear world war.

Democratic leaders tend to be pro-people. And that makes them US's enemies. The antidemocratic tag that the US has is well-deserved.

[–] Alsephina@lemmy.ml 16 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Bangladesh was also going to become a socialist state, hence the name People's Republic of Bangladesh.

One of the countless socialist movements across the world that were crushed with the USSR's overthrow...