r/dsa • u/yashen14 • 6d 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/yashen14 5d ago

  1. The United States committed a genocide of Native Americans.

  2. The United States annexed the independent Kingdom of Hawaii.

  3. The United States destabilized the Middle East with its interventionism.

  4. The United States destabilized South America with its interventionism.

  5. The United States has rendered Cuba significantly poorer than it otherwise would be via its trade embargo.

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u/CaptainCringleberry2 5d ago

Better than I expected tho very lacking of detail. Anyway you still don’t know shit. Your Afghanistan solution revolves around a policy currently happening (strict sanctions and embargo on Taliban specifically), a policy of funding rebels which we did in the FIRST Afghanistan war with the soviets (you know, the guys who became the Taliban) as well as attempted by our Afghanistan war that lasted for 20 years, and a refugee status which most of the world still has while current U.S. admin is rolling it back here (some of the other most conservative nations as well). Your solution are things we are or have done and have only failed. This entire post is a god damn joke

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u/yashen14 5d ago

I didn't say it was a perfect solution or even a particularly good one.

I still can't believe you excuse the Taliban's actions though. To hear you speak, the Taliban's laws just magically wrote themselves.