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[โ€“] RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world -3 points 1 day ago (5 children)

There used to be a country called the

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

It was built on the principles of socialism

It turns out that actually living in a socialist state is oppressive to the point where millions upon millions were starved because that was what was needed to give socialism the chance to take off in a capitalist world.

Tell me you're an American without telling me you're an American.

Next up: The Nazis were socialist, it's in the name!

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