It gets much worse than that. Some of them are so immersed in their historical hugboxes online that they will try to tell you that living under the eastern block was heaven on earth and that ACKTUALY Stalin was a super benevolent leader who was so much more tolerant than the current U.S government. Any attempt to tell them otherwise will result in them accusing you of believing in CIA propaganda and using arguments along the lines of “USA racist therefore the CCP should be believed”.
One of my old friends who I met in high school (I’ve since moved to a different state) has become a stereotypical tankie over the last several years. I don’t hang out with him as much anymore, but I like to spend time with him occasionally online. He’s told me the following:
Stalin wasn’t an authoritarian leader because “he tried to resign multiple times” and because the Soviet government at the time delegated some tasks to other officials.
Eastern bloc was destroyed by CIA. Vast majority in it loved it and wanted it to stay.
During WW2 the Germans only deployed 10 divisions against the non-Soviet allies throughout the entire war, and America wanted Hitler to win.
The Kulaks deserved it.
He claimed the USSR had a better quality of life than America in the 1950s-1960s because he saw a CIA report which said that the average Soviet consumed more calories than the average American. I asked him for the source and never received it.
China invading Tibet in the 50s was done out of moral righteousness because Tibetan culture is oppressive.
Cuban standard of living is better than American.
Chinese firewall is good because he thinks it’s the same as a
UN intervention in the Korean War was genocide against the Korean people.
And a lot more which I don’t care to remember.
The few times I’ve tried to argue with him he just describes me as being brainwashed without explaining how, and refers to random leftists on the internet as being more trustworthy than professional sources because “you can’t listen to western/CIA propaganda”.
He’s genuinely doing what he thinks is right and has a lot of good qualities but he’s let the internet twist his worldview into an abomination.
Holy shit the history nerd in me feels the need to disprove all of this
The only time Stalin tried to resign was after the German invasion in WW2. And it wasn't so much of a resign as a, shit I am about to be purged like I did to everyone else. After that, Stalin just eliminated everyone who wasn't completely loyal to him because he might pull another great purge
Literally not true in the slightest. Every eastern bloc country hated it. East Germans constantly tried escaping to West Berlin in order to be transported to West Germany and be freed. Other Eastern block countries had people trying to escape all the time. When most of the eastern block countries finally freed themselves from communism, the authorities who's job it was to crack down on dissent thought nothing would happen because they believed most people liked the communism they were living under and wouldn't support an uprising. Then communism was no more
America did not want Hitler to win. We were secretly supporting the allies throughout the war through the lend-lease act. We even had trade routes that supplied the Soviets through Iran and Persia to give them supplies. Hitler also stationed multiple armies throughout the West, especially after America entered the war. He was fighting the non-soviets in Africa, Greece, Italy, and France before it just continued to liberate Western Europe
The Kulaks were the actual farmers who knew what they were doing. This is a scary thought for someone to have and if I was more authoritarian, I would say anyone who legit believes this should be put on a list and monitored at all times
Which Soviet citizen is he talking about? Despite trying to make everyone equal, the communist party favored certain people over others and corruption started to run rampant in their government monopoly, like it does every single fucking time communism and/or socialism is attempted
China invaded Tibet because Mao was trying to conquer as much land as possible and create a world where China was the center for communism instead of Moscow. The only reason he didn't conquer Hong Kong or Taiwan is because the Americans parked battle ships right on the coast of China and dared him to try anything. Then they were isolated from the world until Nixon fucked that up
I have yet to see an american risk their life in a raft to get to Cuba. I have seen Cubans constantly finding ways to defect to America. That would indicate to anyone with a brain that Cuba does not, in fact, have a better standard of living than America
Chinese Firewall sounds like the ministry of truth. Its one of the biggest things Orwell warned of and criticized communism about in his book. That they change history and facts to make the party look better. It is also not a good thing
The South Koreans and the defectors from North Korea would thank the UN (mostly the US because the UN is a giant fucking soy boy in a fight without the US backing it militarily) for not letter Korea fall under the rule of Kim Il Sung. Considering North Koreans have become shorter due to lack of nutrients compared to South Koreans, this is provable false
I doubt he can argue any points with you because he has no ability to think critically, just like every other communist. They read Conquest of Bread, the Communist Manifesto, and/or listen to Noem Chomsky and just regurgitate whatever they hear and/or read without thinking for a second and looking it up. Or they are even dumber and just listen to people who did the above without critically thinking, and regurgitate the breadtuber's opinion without critically thinking about it. Low IQ morons
Double post because its unrelated to the first but I just love tweets like this from Duncan and his mannish wife
Now I think Duncan does have a hatred for pedophiles like most of the world. But deep down, a lot of this posturing and chest beating against pedophiles has to be a cover for the fact that he knew about a very large youtuber in the pokemon community who was a pedophile and didn't do shit as he groomed other kids. He may try and fool his audience by claiming to be morally superior to standing up against pedophiles, but some of us remember when he had the chance to stop a pedophile from causing damage to a community full of kids and he didn't do anything