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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Let me preface this by saying that I am not a supporter of either ideology and I think that the proof is in history that both are dangerous.

If you look at both fascist governments and communist governments in history, both have committed genocides. Most notably, communists perpetrated the Cambodian Genocide  (7.1 million), the USSR’s various genocides (debated, but 5-10 million, potentially up to 20 million over the course of the USSR). The fascist example of Nazi Germany is the most famous (11 million). Both killed a ton of people.

Yet growing up in the 90’s and 2000’s, it was ok to wear a hammer and scythe t shirt. DC has a Marx Cafe, but can you imagine a fascist themed bar? Reddit has a r/communism community with 260k members for communism enthusiasts, yet no fascist related communities.

Clearly one is more taboo than the other.

Why?[/quote]

Are you trying to sell communism as acceptable?[/quote]

This what our awful two major parties have done. They have caused otherwise intelligent people to think communism is acceptable on some level.

I just want to send positive energy, good fortune, and endless love to all of my fellow American citizens who are fed up with the dysfunction of our two major political parties. We'll get through this, together, as one undivided nation of decent people. Let's all promise to take our voting privileges more seriously in upcoming elections.[/quote]

As someone who grew up in a communist country, I do not believe that communism is inherently evil. It worked very well for 50 years, where I grew up and there was a much stronger middle class than we have here today.[/quote]

You were brainwashed.

My in-laws were enslaved under communism behind the Iron Curtain.  They shook off the brainwashing and can now view reality objectively.

You should seek mental health treatment, PP.  I’m serious.[/quote]

No, I wasn't brainwashed. You just have no idea how some communist countries operated. I have no doubt that in Soviet Russia, things were horrible. We knew it at the time, too. However, we were a prosperous nation that worked with the West, were free to travel and enjoyed tourism from all over the world. You're just very ignorant of the history. [/quote]

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