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And maybe they mistake current Russia for a communist country? It has every single ingredient of Stalin's Russia except the pretense of socialism or communism.
by pmontra 2mo ago
And maybe they mistake current Russia for a communist country? It has every single ingredient of Stalin's Russia except the pretense of socialism or communism.
- dismalaf 2mo agohttps://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna7632057 https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna7632057 https://www.newsweek.com/putin-says-communism-comes-bible-compares-lenin-saint-781328 https://www.newsweek.com/putin-says-communism-comes-bible-co... It doesn't matter what Russia actually is. They play both sides with their propaganda. Old people who thought positively about communism still support Russia. Fico and Babiš for example were both communist party members and both pro-Russia politicians today.
- tpm 2mo agooh no, they see very clearly, to the West it's a (more or less) rule-based order and to the East it's a might-makes-right one, so they having acquired their power and money in a not entirely legal way, naturally are drawn to the east. edit: ah you mean the old people? not really, no, it's just pure propaganda, it doesn't have to make sense.