They also did make it very clear that they didnt draw any distinction between personal and private property tho, so like...thats where it stems from....but really, youre gonna point out toothbrushes in your argument? Fuckin really?

Goddamn dude aight I guess.

Deeply unserious.

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[–] SmithrunHills@hexbear.net 33 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I remember being in a group chat and, when I was the literal only person praising communism and socialism, some random asshole outright told me that under socialism, you could easily kidnap hundreds of children. They didn't provide any sources, any examples, anything about which specific socialist countries were doing this or when, literally nothing besides a bombastic, inflammatory interjection of the most obscene anticommunist drivel.

I was getting dogpiled in that group chat for supporting communism so I wasn't feeling up to challenging this person in the moment, but it really stuck with me how much nonsense the average person has internalized regarding communism and socialist states.

[–] ourtimewillcome@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

was the person in question from latam per chance? their claims strongly remind me of cia propaganda during operation peter pan.

though the whole "commies are gonna take away your kids" lie has been propagated by reactionaries and their sponsors as early as the russian civil war.

[–] SmithrunHills@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They were Southeast Asian, actually. The group chat was basically full of neo nazis(one of them was even a polish femboy who was unfortunately my first exposure to a lot of nazi dogwhistles) and liberals who were decent on social issues but were vehemently anti-communist, with most of us being from SEA.

[–] ourtimewillcome@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago

hmm, i suppose that tracks too. the lie about communists kidnapping children was also spread by people such as tom a. dooley, various western missionaries, and other agents of the cia, dgse, and mi6 throughout south-east asia. reactionaries, as a rule, aren't particularly inventive and often repeat the same propaganda stories over and over.

the polish nazi femboy is unfortunately no surprise either. since the 1990s, the usual circles have devoted enormous resources to the nazification of eastern europe's youth and counterculture, including queer culture.

[–] gnuthing@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 month ago

Thanks for sharing, I was unaware of these events