fire86743 29 points 3 years ago

Why do libs seriously believe that Russia is still communist?

Have they been living under a rock for over thirty years?

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Addfwyn 15 points 3 years ago

Have they been living under a rock for over thirty years?

Functionally, yes. I've asked a few Americans to list what countries they think were still communist.

Not a scientific survey, but the most common answers were Russia and "there is none". Second was China (which hey, at least they got China). A few people got Cuba and Vietnam. I don't think I heard DPRK or Laos once.

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Shinhoshi 6 points 3 years ago

To be fair, ask someone in the US what continent Laos is on and they’ll struggle

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lav 11 points 3 years ago

US propoganda to say the least

to say the most, the propoganda is not just the media, but the US-Nato backed fascist coups and alliances that take over countries and mass indoctrinate the masses about alternate history

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fire86743 8 points 3 years ago

Probably targeted towards boomers who still get panic attacks about the USSR.

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PolandIsAStateOfMind 12 points 3 years ago

Sputnik BEEPed them so hard this is generational trauma now.

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moffintosh 14 points 3 years ago

Why is it so hard to differentiate between the USSR and the RF?

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Shrike502 6 points 3 years ago

A good chunk of the issues currently plaguing RF (with the majority of them being caused by capitalism, obviously) are blamed on "Sovok legacy", Soviet bureaucrats in the government and similar nonsense. It's actually quite useful as far as propaganda goes

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lil_tank 11 points 3 years ago

Same people saying Ukraine is definitely winning the war with superior might

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DamarcusArt 10 points 3 years ago

Something something constant shifting of rhetorical focus.

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lorty 9 points 3 years ago

I wish it was the RFSR

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Kirbywithwhip1987 4 points 3 years ago

If only Russia was like libs depict it...

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supersolid_snake 3 points 3 years ago

Would it matter if they had the details correct? They hate foreigners and anyone that doesn't let them strip mine their resources for pennies on the dollar. Whatever the details: democracy, dictatorship, capitalist, communist, western, eastern, etc, etc it's all just fluff.

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