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Correction: "commies" has always been a weaponized label for anyone with empathy and raising concerns about the externalities caused by rapacious corporate gree
by burnt-resistor 10mo ago
Correction: "commies" has always been a weaponized label for anyone with empathy and raising concerns about the externalities caused by rapacious corporate greed. Right-wing death squads murdered journalists, whistleblowers, and activists, slandering them as "commies" to justify extrajudicial murder. Banana wars, the Shah, Pinochet, Iran-Contra, regime change, and more.
- clanky 10mo agoMusk and Trump were calling Kamala Harris a communist during the election.
- baggy_trough 10mo agoThere is inflammatory rhetoric from partisans on either side. Remember the Bushitler?