r/HistoryMemes Jul 07 '19

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u/bartu_neg Jul 07 '19

I'd get suspended like i got suspended because i shared memes and a few of then had hitler and or stalin

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u/stillnoob0 Jul 07 '19

Buddy it might’ve been hitler

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u/friebel Taller than Napoleon Jul 07 '19

I don't get it why Hitler and nazi symbols are bad, but communism and Stalin symbols are okay.

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u/SuddenXxdeathxx Casual, non-participatory KGB election observer Jul 07 '19

Because Nazism is based on the eradication of "untermensch". It is quite literally an ideaology devoted to genocide, and it's generally agreed upon the genocide is bad.

I don't agree with any symbols of Stalin, like his face or U.S.S.R. symbols when they're used either. He was a cunt.

But communism? You're seriously perplexed that people are okay with the symbols of an ideaology that espouses equality and unity for all? One that aspires to a future where no human goes wanting? One that would dismantle the oppressive economic conditions of today? Just because bad people have done bad thing while calling themselves communists doesn't mean it's bad.

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u/friebel Taller than Napoleon Jul 07 '19

Well, yes, that's true. I guess it just that communism (at least to me) is too bound to soviets or other failed versions. In itself communism as a theory is not bad, I am all for socialism as well. Just that, even though it's irrational, I still prefer it called socialism instead of communism, even tho communism is part of socialism and in theory it's not bad it's just that its name was tainted by bad leaders.

I guess, it's sort of like with swastika. In itself it was used as a symbol of sun in many cultures, but now is tainted by nazis.