• jorp@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    there’s a school of thought among people that don’t know wtf they’re talking about which equates communism with authoritarianism

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      9 months ago

      Decades of red scare does weird things to a people

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        9 months ago

        Red scare has a different tone to it when you live right next to Soviet Union.

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          9 months ago

          I assume it’s better than living in a South American country that just voted in someone left of center…