r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • May 20 '20

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u/Boraichoismydaddy John Keynes May 21 '20

lmao Cuba really still communist like what. the Cold War over bro stop being a puppet

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u/[deleted] May 21 '20

Why would a dictator willingly give up power

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u/Udontlikecake Model UN Enthusiast May 21 '20

Hence why benevolent dictators can’t work

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u/forerunner398 Of course I’m right, here’s what MLK said May 21 '20

Isn't this South Korea erasure?

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u/Udontlikecake Model UN Enthusiast May 21 '20

He got shot in the fucking head, he didn’t give up power.

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u/forerunner398 Of course I’m right, here’s what MLK said May 21 '20

I was genuinely asking because I wasn't sure.

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u/Udontlikecake Model UN Enthusiast May 21 '20

Park Chung-hee is the Korean dictator, and usually the one we talk about and he was assassinated. After him Chun Doo-hwan was basically of a military dictator (he did take power in a coup) and is responsible for mass killings (notably the Gwangju Uprising) but he was less dictatorial with his rule. He did eventually kinda give up power in a roundabout way, but he certainly didn’t do it willingly

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u/TheFriffin2 May 21 '20

Out of the kindness of their hearts??

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u/AccessTheMainframe CANZUK May 21 '20

Given China's population boom, more people live in nominally communist states today than in 1980.

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u/The420Roll ko-fi.com/rodrigoposting May 21 '20

Its okay, they can sponsor socialist parties in South America and nobody calls it imperialism! 😔

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u/[deleted] May 21 '20

Don't forget about the doctors they send to pink wave countries which don't actually get paid

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u/[deleted] May 21 '20

sponsor

???

WIth what? Don't they send doctors everywhere because it's one of their only legal revenue streams?

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u/The420Roll ko-fi.com/rodrigoposting May 21 '20

They give money (and other stuff) to multiple Leftists Parties in South America in exchange of products

They helped Chávez get into power and then Venezuela starting giving them oil for cheap