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There is no slack to cut. There is literally nothing worse in human history than communism. He was simply right about it. In Warsaw, after the war, when it fel
by blfr 7y ago
There is no slack to cut. There is literally nothing worse in human history than communism. He was simply right about it.
In Warsaw, after the war, when it fell under Soviet occupation, a popular opposition slogan was Truman, Truman, spuść ta bania, bo to nie do wytrzymania which roughly translates to Truman, Truman, drop the nukes, because we can't take this any more. Irradiated ruins were preferable to communism.
- p1esk 7y agoMy grandparents lived through both communism and WWII. To them, the war was much worse.
- Gibbon1 7y agoI asked a friend what growing up under communism was like. She said 'shabby' I don't think condemning millions the horrors of war is worth saving them from a shabby existence.
- nl 7y agoHave you considered that perhaps that was a rhetorical statement uttered by some, and killing them and their political opponents and millions of others may not have been actually what they wanted?