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Yeah, this is has just been the history of revolutionary communism everywhere it's been tried. IMHO completely worth fighting against, even with imperfect measu
by paisawalla 5y ago
Yeah, this is has just been the history of revolutionary communism everywhere it's been tried. IMHO completely worth fighting against, even with imperfect measures. I don't blame the Chileans for stopping it, and we were right to help. The alternatives were known to be far worse.
btw Allende was in office for 3 years before he was deposed.
- whydoibother 5y agoWhat has the history of capitalistic rulers been? Mass genocides, undermining the sovereignty of other countries, prolonged wars that rob from the citizens, nuclear destruction. IMHO completely worth fighting against, even with imperfect measures. Also, the Chileans didn't stop it. The far-right in Chile, aided by the right-wing CIA, overthrew a democratic government and installed a military junta for decades. You are straight up fascist scum if you think that was justified.
- cwkoss 5y ago> history of revolutionary communism everywhere it's been tried. "revolutionary" is a clever way of excluding all of the successful models of socialism - like the scandanavian countries which consistently rank as the happiest countries on the planet.
- paisawalla 5y agoYes, it's a good way to stick to the cases where communism has been tried at 10-100M+ populations, and not get distracted by tiny, ethnically homogeneous, and as-arguable-as-not socialist countries like Norway or Sweden. Those too are hardly models for the US, but not for the reason that they required mass slaughter of one-third their populations.
- lowkey_ 5y agoAs a Swedish citizen, I would like to note that we are not socialist — basically nobody in the country wants to be claimed as some example of socialism. The highest income tax rate is nearly equivalent to that of the US. :)