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People often forget how awful the west treated the bottom of its society at the time. For a black in the South, the soviet union (or more likely Cuba/communist
by jackpirate 12y ago
People often forget how awful the west treated the bottom of its society at the time. For a black in the South, the soviet union (or more likely Cuba/communist latin country) probably looked pretty good.
That's not to excuse or downplay these country's mistakes. Let's just not forget our own.
- dmm 12y agoCriticism of the US for segregation was a common tactic used in Soviet propaganda.
- jackpirate 12y agoRoughly to the same extent that criticism of the soviets was a common tactic used in western propaganda.
- dmm 12y agoIt was used as a form of misdirection, a way to change the subject when someone brought up stalin's genocide.