I would really rather that these were actual examples, and not conspiracy theories. We all have our own unsubstantiated ideas about what shadowy no-gooders are doing, but I’d rather hear about things that are actually happening.

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    11 months ago

    liberal communist

    liberalism and communism are literally opposing ideology.

    But if you have a hard time naming democratic communist leaders, that’s largely because you’ve only been taught about the totalitarian ones.

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      11 months ago

      Liberal socialism is a thing. But yes, hard to have liberal values alongside the communist cancer.

      But if you have a hard time naming democratic communist leaders, that’s largely because you’ve only been taught about the totalitarian ones.

      I did say they usually go together.

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        Liberal socialism is a thing.

        Yeah, but they’re fundamentally different from liberals

        But yes, hard to have liberal values alongside the communist cancer.

        Hard to have communist values alongside the liberal cancer.

        I did say they usually go together.

        And you base that on what?