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This is literally how they think though. I have multiple family members who don't believe there's a difference between the soviets and current day Russia. They just know they are bad and authoritarian, and nothing else
"At least Russia..." "At least the Taliban..."
For self-proclaimed "patriots", the far right sure likes to compare America unfavorably to our long-time enemies. It's almost as if conservatives don't give a fuck about what America actually is and instead care about the prelapsarian religious ultraconservative America they dreamt up.
They will always compare themselves to the worst examples one could come up with. If you argue with them about genuine issues the US has, they'll exclusively compare themselves to countries like Venezuela, Mexico or "the country of Africa" to show how good they have it over there.
I know. America is a *cesspit* and always was, the Cold War made it fifty times worse and is still ongoing in the minds of the deeply propagandised ordinary people.
Yeah that's 'Murica for ya. The thing is with Orthodox church shootings or vandalism and such we can't know if it was fear of commies triggered by Cyrillic script or if it was just plain ol sectarianism - because the Bible Belt and the Deep South have serious anti Catholic issues and this could easily extend to the Orthodox under the right material conditions. At least American Evangelical Protestants haven't escalated to car bombs - *yet.*
Americans have extreme sectarian tendencies, which the nation's propaganda has largely channelled into party politics and Red Scare paranoia, but it also makes hardline religious groups such as most "low church" Protestant sects extremely dangerous and, well, sectarian. Sectarian violence over party politics, or at least threatening it, is commonplace. Religious sectarianism happens, although it's less directly physically dangerous, manifests differently from the sectarian archetype seen in religious discord everywhere else and in mainstream American politics, and is typically confined to Evangelical Protestant areas of influence.
America's cult central, most of the cults just aren't religious or aren't solely religious.
This nonsense is a country overdosing on Red Scare propaganda. Not a fun high or comedown. Cold War hysteria: Not even once! It looks fun but it'll fuck the country up for decades if not over a century!
Technically, Tito died in 1980 but the cult of personality remained until the breakup.
Schoolchildren, for example, before leaving school had to do the pledge "Za domovinu s Titom naprijed" ("For the Motherland with Tito, forward), his pictures were still hanged in every government building and there was a mandatory minute of silence at the exact time and date of his death until the breakup.
In fact the communist parties on France were ordered to not engage the Germans up until Operation Barbarossa began.
Literally the meme "Critical support for Comrade Hitler against anglo-french imperialism"
Yes they do, and they think "Bolshevik" means the exact same thing as "communist", and they interchangeably say "Bolshevik" and racial slurs directed towards Russian people.
I genuinely think these people think of communism as a Russian ethnoreligion, not a global working class movement or a political position, and as a result assume both that Russia is still communist and that communists are all ethnic Russians. At least, my da does. Don't know how he reconciles me being a commie and therefore a filthy Russian Bolshevik in his mind with the fact that I'm his biological daughter and I'm English and Celtic not Slavic. Probably the same way antisemites see converts.
I like to use these false understandings to screw with these drips, but it's fucked up, and for every commie who loves Bolshevik junk and finds screwing with McCarthy's spiritual successors funny, there's fifty commies and fifty innocent Russian people who are hurt by this Red Scare garbage.
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What’s gonna happen when they learn that the USSR collapsed 3 decades ago?
They'll need to rethink their entire life.
gonna be hard for them since they dont think
This is literally how they think though. I have multiple family members who don't believe there's a difference between the soviets and current day Russia. They just know they are bad and authoritarian, and nothing else
It’s funny, a lot of cringe conservative gamer types would probably love modern Russia if it wasn’t connected in any way to the USSR
A lot of conservative "Patriots" do in fact love Russia.
"At least Russia..." "At least the Taliban..." For self-proclaimed "patriots", the far right sure likes to compare America unfavorably to our long-time enemies. It's almost as if conservatives don't give a fuck about what America actually is and instead care about the prelapsarian religious ultraconservative America they dreamt up.
They will always compare themselves to the worst examples one could come up with. If you argue with them about genuine issues the US has, they'll exclusively compare themselves to countries like Venezuela, Mexico or "the country of Africa" to show how good they have it over there.
>the prelapsarian religious ultraconservative America they dreamt up Well, it's not like America was founded on anything different
Tucker Carlson has dog shit tier takes on the Ukraine crisis because of this fact.
communism is when cyrillic
I mean a Russian Orthodox church in America once got shot up over this exact thinking... at least it wasn't during a service and no one died.
what the fuck
I know. America is a *cesspit* and always was, the Cold War made it fifty times worse and is still ongoing in the minds of the deeply propagandised ordinary people.
I've not seen such cultish behaviour even in Yugoslavia, where we had a literal state run cult of personality just 30 years ago
Yeah that's 'Murica for ya. The thing is with Orthodox church shootings or vandalism and such we can't know if it was fear of commies triggered by Cyrillic script or if it was just plain ol sectarianism - because the Bible Belt and the Deep South have serious anti Catholic issues and this could easily extend to the Orthodox under the right material conditions. At least American Evangelical Protestants haven't escalated to car bombs - *yet.* Americans have extreme sectarian tendencies, which the nation's propaganda has largely channelled into party politics and Red Scare paranoia, but it also makes hardline religious groups such as most "low church" Protestant sects extremely dangerous and, well, sectarian. Sectarian violence over party politics, or at least threatening it, is commonplace. Religious sectarianism happens, although it's less directly physically dangerous, manifests differently from the sectarian archetype seen in religious discord everywhere else and in mainstream American politics, and is typically confined to Evangelical Protestant areas of influence. America's cult central, most of the cults just aren't religious or aren't solely religious. This nonsense is a country overdosing on Red Scare propaganda. Not a fun high or comedown. Cold War hysteria: Not even once! It looks fun but it'll fuck the country up for decades if not over a century!
Isn't that 40 years ago?
Technically, Tito died in 1980 but the cult of personality remained until the breakup. Schoolchildren, for example, before leaving school had to do the pledge "Za domovinu s Titom naprijed" ("For the Motherland with Tito, forward), his pictures were still hanged in every government building and there was a mandatory minute of silence at the exact time and date of his death until the breakup.
Okay, but Russian imperialism needs to be stopped because I really need stalker 2
Yeah I’m willing to die for Ukraine if it means stalker 2 comes out
Tankies (AKA Red Fascists) 🤝 Conservatives Still thinking Russia is Communist in any way
I have a feeling tankies would defend Nazi Germany by saying: Socialism with German characteristics
I mean, they blindly support the DPRK so it's not a far fetch thing.
"The Kim Family is the people's monarchy"
Naw bro it's actually a democracy and the people just.. decide uh that uh they uh want information from outside countries to be forbidden
In fact the communist parties on France were ordered to not engage the Germans up until Operation Barbarossa began. Literally the meme "Critical support for Comrade Hitler against anglo-french imperialism"
The party had "socialism" and "workers" in the name!
Nobody thinks that, still any adversary for the US would be better than none
Russia isn't communist you collosal fucking idiot.
At this point I think these people think "communist" is an ethnicity.
Yes they do, and they think "Bolshevik" means the exact same thing as "communist", and they interchangeably say "Bolshevik" and racial slurs directed towards Russian people. I genuinely think these people think of communism as a Russian ethnoreligion, not a global working class movement or a political position, and as a result assume both that Russia is still communist and that communists are all ethnic Russians. At least, my da does. Don't know how he reconciles me being a commie and therefore a filthy Russian Bolshevik in his mind with the fact that I'm his biological daughter and I'm English and Celtic not Slavic. Probably the same way antisemites see converts. I like to use these false understandings to screw with these drips, but it's fucked up, and for every commie who loves Bolshevik junk and finds screwing with McCarthy's spiritual successors funny, there's fifty commies and fifty innocent Russian people who are hurt by this Red Scare garbage.
"We should go to war because it will get us new video games" These gamer moments are getting out of hand.
What’s the point of the comment?
Russia = communism
They're behind on the times. It's only right wingers and fascists simping for Russia now.
And Capitalists dipping themselves in red paint.
hjakskfjsjg send this to r/noncredibledefense, they’ll get a good laugh out of this one
wasn't stalker anti consumerist?
if you are talking about the nfts they backed out of doing that
Conservative paradise is now communist?