• DarthBueller@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    There was a wave of tankie on Reddit and here during the reddexit. It was like, “where the fuck did stalin/mao/pol pot loving, atrocity denying weirdos come from en masse?” But you’re right the shock was bigger than the phenomenon.

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        1 year ago

        No one called them communist here, they are just calling out people who are apologists for genocide.

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        1 year ago

        TIL Marxist-Leninists (which Pol Pot was) are not communist.

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          It’s worth remembering when pol pot was offered access to the entire library of the cpc he just said “nah, I got this”.

          Turning down the chance to read some dry, boring books on political economy is about the least communist thing a person can do. It’s only beaten by arguing about that shit and making a split when the argument gets heated.