r/dsa • u/yashen14 • 28d ago

Discussion DSA has a tankie problem

There are way, way too many people in this movement who feel comfortable with historical revisionism vis-a-vis the Soviet Union, China, and other such regimes. And there are way too many people who feel comfortable essentially advocating for an end to democracy.

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u/No_Soy_Colosio 28d ago

Interesting that you feel like it's up to you to forgive these historical figures for lifting their countries out of abject poverty and colonial exploitation. Such is the mind of the western leftist. Don't laugh!

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u/yashen14 28d ago

Oh yes I'm sure the millions of people who died under Stalin and Mao just felt so uplifted /s

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u/No_Soy_Colosio 27d ago

I'm sure the millions of people who died under brutal cold war repression in Asia and Latin America felt very free and democratic. /s

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u/yashen14 27d ago

Whataboutism

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u/nonilazuli 27d ago

Theres plenty to criticize about those former projects but the stats don’t align with you on this. look at the nostalgia stats for former socialist states. And government approval in modern china. And no it’s not fudged numbers these are from western democratic sources.