Having an interest in any historical society when everyone tries to project political and social narratives on them be like.
haleloop963 on
Finding nuance & people that acknowledge both good & bad things are hard to come by
memerij-inspecteur on
Moderation (Of ideologies)
YoumoDashi on
Me when someone said Pepsi is better than Coke
suicidaldullahan on
I’m anti communist because I’ve learned the history of communist countries…
Echidnux on
“USSR was a thing”
VenitianBastard on
The USSR did some objectively horrendous things, but they also did some objectively morally-benificial things as well.
There’s a reason they mirrored the US as a global superpower during the Cold War so well.
Because they were doing a ton of the same things as the Yanks, and it’s only realized in retrospect because of Red-Scare propaganda of the past century.
That’s not to say they didn’t kind of suck, but that same logic can be applied to the Americans, or the Brits, or the French or Chinese.
AcceptableWheel on
I’ll give them this they were better for the Russian people than the Tsar
Luzifer_Shadres on
Thinks are more often grey, than black and white, with some pockets of black and white within.
I just like to fight people so I will disagree out of pure spite
Appropriate_Box1380 on
The USSR did a few good things, just like how the Nazis pressed an anti-smoking campaign and built a lot of highways. Still, both the 3. Reich and the USSR were totalitarian shitholes that inevitably ended up on the junkyards of history, and rightfully so.
NatsUza on
Oh my god I need tge name of this song. I rememner it being a huge thing in memes like 2 years ago
TheCourtSimpleton on
USSR bad 💪
TheEmperorOfDoom on
USSR bad
The_ChadTC on
Defending the USSR on any grounds is unacceptable.
Patient_Gamemer on
Literally me but when discussing religion
GustavoistSoldier on
Same.
Level_Hour6480 on
How bad it was varied a lot by era. Stalin? Awful. Gorbachev? Decent. Arguably the Russian Federation is worse than Gorbachev’s Soviet Union.
Grovda on
The best part of their history was when that shit ended
Lolmanmagee on
I mean, the USSR has a dark history of internal purges and famine so bad it was named similarly to the holocaust. (Holodomor)
It was an extremely ineffective government to say the least.
AmPotatoNoLie on
USSR mediocre
Majorman_86 on
I live in Eastern Europe USSR bad confirmed.
TobyVonToby on
I’m still trying to understand what a tanky is (I just heard it for the first time the other day and had to look it up) and whether or not it applies to me. I’m a (non-anarcho) communist, but I look at the USSR and PRC as examples of why we shouldn’t try to speedrun communism.
Sevans655321 on
I’m deeply fascinated by the question of whether or not the USSR was bad or not. I have watched several videos of people exploring and visiting these old Soviet towns. The people always say how wonderful the town was and how much the loved the SU. Not many people said how terrible things were. Now, those places are empty and destroyed. Obviously, we have those types of towns here in America. It’s an interesting thing to think about. (Bald an bankrupt YouTube Channel for those interested)
How much of what we hear about the Soviet Union is propaganda?
Ghostmaster145 on
The USSR was interesting
BeduinZPouste on
Is there someone who would genuinely get this angry over someone saying that nazis were bad?
I have zero issue when someone wants to just learn things and not judge anyone. You do yours. But getting genuinely angry at someone thinking that a state murdering tens of millions of its own citizens and millions of other people is le bad thing is such odd thing to me…
Like I can understand why a tankie would do that. But someone who just like learning about history doing that is just weird to me. Especially when it is very recently history.
Bluepanther512 on
USSR did good things and bad things
There, I’ve now pissed off the entire polical spectrum
Baltic_Gunner on
Well, if you’re from a former soviet country, you can definitely say “fuck the USSR”. The damage they did was, and still is, immense, they stole decades of progress from us.
USSJaguar on
USSR was more bad than good
sw337 on
Fuck you
*works with the other superpower to eliminate smallpox*
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Having an interest in any historical society when everyone tries to project political and social narratives on them be like.
Finding nuance & people that acknowledge both good & bad things are hard to come by
Moderation (Of ideologies)
Me when someone said Pepsi is better than Coke
I’m anti communist because I’ve learned the history of communist countries…
“USSR was a thing”
The USSR did some objectively horrendous things, but they also did some objectively morally-benificial things as well.
There’s a reason they mirrored the US as a global superpower during the Cold War so well.
Because they were doing a ton of the same things as the Yanks, and it’s only realized in retrospect because of Red-Scare propaganda of the past century.
That’s not to say they didn’t kind of suck, but that same logic can be applied to the Americans, or the Brits, or the French or Chinese.
I’ll give them this they were better for the Russian people than the Tsar
Thinks are more often grey, than black and white, with some pockets of black and white within.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor
There is balance in everything
I just like to fight people so I will disagree out of pure spite
The USSR did a few good things, just like how the Nazis pressed an anti-smoking campaign and built a lot of highways. Still, both the 3. Reich and the USSR were totalitarian shitholes that inevitably ended up on the junkyards of history, and rightfully so.
Oh my god I need tge name of this song. I rememner it being a huge thing in memes like 2 years ago
USSR bad 💪
USSR bad
Defending the USSR on any grounds is unacceptable.
Literally me but when discussing religion
Same.
How bad it was varied a lot by era. Stalin? Awful. Gorbachev? Decent. Arguably the Russian Federation is worse than Gorbachev’s Soviet Union.
The best part of their history was when that shit ended
I mean, the USSR has a dark history of internal purges and famine so bad it was named similarly to the holocaust. (Holodomor)
It was an extremely ineffective government to say the least.
USSR mediocre
I live in Eastern Europe USSR bad confirmed.
I’m still trying to understand what a tanky is (I just heard it for the first time the other day and had to look it up) and whether or not it applies to me. I’m a (non-anarcho) communist, but I look at the USSR and PRC as examples of why we shouldn’t try to speedrun communism.
I’m deeply fascinated by the question of whether or not the USSR was bad or not. I have watched several videos of people exploring and visiting these old Soviet towns. The people always say how wonderful the town was and how much the loved the SU. Not many people said how terrible things were. Now, those places are empty and destroyed. Obviously, we have those types of towns here in America. It’s an interesting thing to think about. (Bald an bankrupt YouTube Channel for those interested)
How much of what we hear about the Soviet Union is propaganda?
The USSR was interesting
Is there someone who would genuinely get this angry over someone saying that nazis were bad?
I have zero issue when someone wants to just learn things and not judge anyone. You do yours. But getting genuinely angry at someone thinking that a state murdering tens of millions of its own citizens and millions of other people is le bad thing is such odd thing to me…
Like I can understand why a tankie would do that. But someone who just like learning about history doing that is just weird to me. Especially when it is very recently history.
USSR did good things and bad things
There, I’ve now pissed off the entire polical spectrum
Well, if you’re from a former soviet country, you can definitely say “fuck the USSR”. The damage they did was, and still is, immense, they stole decades of progress from us.
USSR was more bad than good
Fuck you
*works with the other superpower to eliminate smallpox*
Same. Some interesting lessons to learn.