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During an unrelated discussion about something or the other (sports or something), I brought up a list of Asian countries, and instinctively accidentally said "DPRK" instead of "North Korea" during an actual conversation irl with a liberal that I often talk to. And after a little bit he produced the quote in the title. Referencing Voltaire's "Not Roman, not holy nor an empire" quip.

In this context our liberal here was clearly taking a jab at the DPRK and how it supposedly doesn't live up to it's name.

At the time it annoyed me but I said nothing of it and laughed it off and got back on topic.

But thinking back I'm wondering if it could have been an opportunity to perhaps break some of the conditioning and maybe have him reflect on his preconceived notions. What would have been the best way to actually explain how the name is actually rather fitting, without risking triggering a liberal brain malfunction that defaults to spouting propaganda?

[-] commiewolf@lemmygrad.ml 44 points 7 months ago

I have met people from the US (in person!) who genuinely think along the following lines:

  • Them: The election is coming up and I hate Trump, so I'll probably vote for Biden.

  • Me: But Biden is just as bad as Trump, and is facilitating war and Genocide.

  • Them: Yeah maybe, but Trump is way worse for AMERICANS domestically, because he wants to take away LGBT and minority rights, so he's the greater evil

  • Me: Why vote for evil at all? Why not pick a third party with better policies overall?

  • Them: Because that's unrealistic and they have no chance.

I don't understand how they think that they are bastions of democracy and morality in the world when they rationalize voting for literal warmongering genociders on the grounds that at the very least the genocide is happening abroad and they don't have to care about it so long as they themselves have their social justices intact. And what tf sort of democracy do they have when the most basic concept of people choosing their leaders is done away with so easily that they resign themselves to one of two options because they cannot be bothered to take part in their politics beyond choosing red or blue instead of attempting to build some sort of opposition to them.

[-] commiewolf@lemmygrad.ml 29 points 9 months ago

Least comically Mexican Stalinist assassin

[-] commiewolf@lemmygrad.ml 47 points 11 months ago

Turned a rural backwater into a spacefaring superpower within a lifetime, that's hard to beat in terms of sheer achievement.

[-] commiewolf@lemmygrad.ml 32 points 1 year ago

I've been so damn busy but I can't not tune in to the 'Grad on occasion when I come across lib brainrot and need to find some sanity. Thank you comrades for giving me that space.

[-] commiewolf@lemmygrad.ml 30 points 1 year ago

Ukraine haven't been "sovereign" since 2014 so it doesn't apply here

[-] commiewolf@lemmygrad.ml 28 points 1 year ago

Mate, Germany is in nato, the UK is in nato, Poland is in nato, now Finland is in nato, all of these bastards have invaded Russia in the past and have historically hated Russia and want it's land or resources. To claim anything else either shows complete disregard for history or willful ignorance.

[-] commiewolf@lemmygrad.ml 38 points 1 year ago

Its getting to the point that I'm starting to like seeing these idiot liberal comments, not because of the contents but because of the sheer ridiculousness of their perspectives. I think if we ban them we should leave their comments up just for the spectacular breakdown that usually happens in the replies, its gold imo.

[-] commiewolf@lemmygrad.ml 52 points 1 year ago

They can't ban stars and the color red, lmao. So long as those are around they'll be good.

[-] commiewolf@lemmygrad.ml 52 points 1 year ago

More messed up is that it took them this long to do it

[-] commiewolf@lemmygrad.ml 43 points 1 year ago

You know "Fascist" actually means something and isn't just a synonym of "place I don't like"

[-] commiewolf@lemmygrad.ml 51 points 1 year ago

Killing landlords and fascists is not Genocide, and putting "secret" in front of "police" to make them scarier to you is childish. Of course I imagine you probably aren't afraid of the regular police wherever you are, I wonder why.

[-] commiewolf@lemmygrad.ml 34 points 1 year ago

Kerala is not "Completely communist", from what I know about the situation there its governed by a broadly left wing coalition with the main Communist party as the leader, and they are very limited in what they can actually do because of the constraints from the federal government.

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Was curious if there were any quotes that we'd like to share.

It's pretty hard to find anything from Stalin for example that isn't blatantly made up to demonize him.

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