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Why were communists killing each other in Angola? (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 2 weeks ago by pyromaiden@lemmygrad.ml to c/asklemmygrad@lemmygrad.ml

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The Angolan Civil War is a very strange period of history for me. By all logic it doesn't make sense that there are not only two large, powerful communist parties but that they were fighting each other - with one even being backed by the West of all people. I've heard the division was caused primarily by an ethnic dispute with the two parties representing two different ethnicities.

Is this accurate or was there more to it than that? I'd appreciate any insight anyone has - or at least resources if available - in order to better understand why this war happened.

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[–] haui@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 2 weeks ago

I see your point but i dont think we always need to use the hardest path, especially when the tendency is made a hundredfold clear.

Additionally, just because I give my opinion does not mean you have to take it and run with it. Feel free to research it yourself if you are so inclined.

Concerning the ussr, that is not correct. The ussr and the west were never on the same side. Read imperialism by lenin or black shirts and reds by parenti to make that abundandly clear. Fascism was a capitalist idea and still is. The west fought it because it got out of control and because they didnt want everyone to see that the red army can kill the nazi beast by itself.

The ussr was the enemy before, during and after. The west used the situation to paint itself in a righteous color.

An actually revolutionary communist or socialist cause has never and will never be - knowingly - supported by the west.

Feel free to correct me if you have different facts of course.