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The Cold War Illustrated (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 months ago by yogthos@lemmy.ml to c/memes@lemmy.ml

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[–] EherNicht@feddit.org -5 points 2 months ago (9 children)

And of course you were right. The USSR created a Utopia without concentration camps/working camps/ghettos/suppression of political opposition/… Just the opposite of those pesky capitalistic states which are actually all fascists.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 months ago (8 children)

nice straw man there, you're a very original troll

[–] EherNicht@feddit.org -4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Is that now also some common capitalist misconceptions and the people freely worked in the Gulags or what?

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

speaking of gulags https://indi.ca/how-america-still-has-slavery/

Mr. ROBESON: In Russia I felt for the first time like a full human being. No color prejudice like in Mississippi, no color prejudice like in Washington. It was the first time I felt like a human being. Where I did not feel the pressure of color as I feel [it] in this Committee today.

[–] OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago

An audio version

https://youtu.be/VhnCrHZkgNk?si=hbemx0P6yEfj6Rpg

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