Since they put hammer and sickle (the symbol of communism ) I would argue the acceptance of sexual orientations, religions, genders, races etc was also a problem there. It is liberalism that accepts it.
The claim about everyone being treated equally is also not completely true. I mean, in theory, yes, in practice whenever communism (especialy the one exported from USSR) was implemented some people were “more equal” than others.
Yeah. I supposed that is the joke of it. The image is actually describing is someone a tad left of center.
Actual leftism extremists have nothing but excuses for the human right violations.
It’s an essential requirement for being an extremist. The moment one recognizes they’re doing it and voices the concern, they are violently ejected from the movement.
I would argue the acceptance of sexual orientations, religions, genders, races etc was also a problem there
Cuba reformed its constitution in 2019 to boost queer rights, and in July approved that people can change their gender legally just by personal request.
Sure, some socialist states of the last century were backwards in that regard, like the USSR, but you gotta keep in mind that in 1930 80% of the country were literally uneducated peasants who worked the land with their own hands.
It only took a century and the death of the supreme leader.
The reality is that communist countries have historically been very conservative in their social policies, and most of them are still today. Even former communist countries are, generally speaking, more conservative as a whole than their more democratic neighbors.
Yeah, and those who use that symbol don’t understand the pain and suffering, because they never lived under such regime or they support them, because they are really after authoritarianism.
I recommend book Bloodlands: Europe between Hitler and Stalin by prof. Timothy Snyder to give clue how many victims both Communism and Nazism claimed.
Since they put hammer and sickle (the symbol of communism ) I would argue the acceptance of sexual orientations, religions, genders, races etc was also a problem there. It is liberalism that accepts it.
The claim about everyone being treated equally is also not completely true. I mean, in theory, yes, in practice whenever communism (especialy the one exported from USSR) was implemented some people were “more equal” than others.
Yeah. I supposed that is the joke of it. The image is actually describing is someone a tad left of center.
Actual leftism extremists have nothing but excuses for the human right violations.
It’s an essential requirement for being an extremist. The moment one recognizes they’re doing it and voices the concern, they are violently ejected from the movement.
You are describing a small minority of self-styled leftists who largely are terminally online.
Those doing the real work, such as practicing mutual aid or organizing tenants unions, are not generally defending historic atrocities.
The point of the post is that the window of mainstream discourse has shifted so far right that even basic human empathy has become controversial.
There’s a reason why they are referred as tankies. They supported using tanks on people during Hungarian uprising.
Ironically MAGA fascists are very similar, because the real goal they are after is authoritarianism.
But what you’re describing isn’t an extremist, just an activist.
I am describing actual leftists.
Yes but not actual extremists.
Leftists are derided as extremist.
What do you understand as the meaning of the post?
Cuba reformed its constitution in 2019 to boost queer rights, and in July approved that people can change their gender legally just by personal request.
Sure, some socialist states of the last century were backwards in that regard, like the USSR, but you gotta keep in mind that in 1930 80% of the country were literally uneducated peasants who worked the land with their own hands.
It only took a century and the death of the supreme leader.
The reality is that communist countries have historically been very conservative in their social policies, and most of them are still today. Even former communist countries are, generally speaking, more conservative as a whole than their more democratic neighbors.
Arguably the USSR’s hammer and sickle has been appropriated to represent communism in general and even socialism sometimes
Yeah, and those who use that symbol don’t understand the pain and suffering, because they never lived under such regime or they support them, because they are really after authoritarianism.
I recommend book Bloodlands: Europe between Hitler and Stalin by prof. Timothy Snyder to give clue how many victims both Communism and Nazism claimed.
Not my left.