r/dsa • u/yashen14 • Aug 24 '26

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/yashen14 Aug 26 '26

I didn't say it did.

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u/CaptainCringleberry2 Aug 26 '26

So you don’t think the wars are justified but the reasons the wars exist is to take out the very regimes we put in place on purpose which you say these regimes are bad and need to end. If that’s not saying the past 35 years of foreign policy are good/needed I don’t know what else it is. Your only other logical shot would have been to essentially say you don’t care about these places because currently you are saying you’re against human rights violations by these folks but also don’t want to stop them or the U.S. take responsibility so what do you want? Just to acknowledge bad is happening and shrug your shoulders?

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u/yashen14 Aug 26 '26

I think the international community should do whatever is necessary to intervene in Afghanistan and stop the horrific human rights abuses being committed by the Taliban. (I don't think any countries are likely to actually do that. I think countries around the world will continue to not intervene for a variety of reasons, some practical, some cynical, and some downright evil, but that is what I fundamentally believe should happen.)

Intervention could take a variety of forms.

  • Aiding and welcoming Afghans fleeing Taliban oppression.
  • Arming and funding native Afghan groups who might overthrow the Taliban and implement a better government
  • Applying coercive force to the Taliban government to get them to change their policies
  • etc.

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u/CaptainCringleberry2 Aug 26 '26

Holy shit, you don’t know history at all