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He's not wrong. You don't see a lot of people trying to get into Cuba, North Korea, China, the former USSR, etc. "I want to start a new and better life in COM
by mannyv 4y ago
He's not wrong.
You don't see a lot of people trying to get into Cuba, North Korea, China, the former USSR, etc.
"I want to start a new and better life in COMMUNIST_COUNTRY_HERE" - said nobody.
- paranoidrobot 4y agoI think you missed the context that Twitter is now reportedly banning links to Mastodon. This is an apparent attempt to slow down or prevent people leaving Twitter.
- pavlov 4y ago“I want to start a new life in the USSR” was a thing between 1918-33 roughly. Many Western communists emigrated to build the workers’ paradise. As foreigners they were of course particularly suspicious in Stalin’s paranoid purges, and most ended up dead or in Siberia. After WWII everyone in the West pretty much understood the Stalinist reality and not even the staunchest Soviet apologists would actually want to move there.
- pavlov 4y ago“I want to start a new life in the USSR” was actually a popular thing between 1918-33 roughly. Many Western communists did emigrate to build the workers’ paradise. As foreigners they were of course particularly suspicious in Stalin’s paranoid purges, and most ended up dead or in Siberia. After WWII everyone in the West pretty much understood the Stalinist reality and not even the staunchest Soviet apologists would actually want to move there.