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yes the british empire that ended slavery at great personal expense because it was against their liberal values... It had warts for sure but compared to any of
by snapplebobapple 2y ago
yes the british empire that ended slavery at great personal expense because it was against their liberal values... It had warts for sure but compared to any of its contemporaries it was the best place to be a citizen of or colony of. Also you are incorrect about the ussr and knowing the atrocities. Hearing unsubstabtiated reports and having a mountain of evidence so high even the western communists had to concede communism wasnt working in the ussr are two very different things
- jltsiren 2y agoThis could be a difference between West European communists and North American communists. For Europeans, the USSR was a place you could visit and where you could meet ordinary people. Before the war, many had moved to the USSR to build communism. Many faced the purges, and some came back disappointed. And many of the purges were public matters reported openly in newspapers. The reality was well known, but most communists chose to downplay it. Despite its faults, the USSR was the most successful example of their ideology. The rift between West European and Soviet communists started forming after the Soviet invasion of Hungary in 1956. The invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968 was the final straw, as almost every communist party condemned the USSR.
- Khaine 2y agoThe NY Times won a Pulitzer Prize for covering up the atrocities committed by the USSR[1]. [1] https://www.nytco.com/company/prizes-awards/new-york-times-statement-about-1932-pulitzer-prize-awarded-to-walter-duranty/ https://www.nytco.com/company/prizes-awards/new-york-times-s...