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<snipped Truman image>. Keep in mind that Harry wasn't defending socialism in that quote. Only pointed out that some demonize the word to scare people. ETA: List of socialist members of the United States Congress: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_socialist_members_of_the_United_States_Congress

Meadmaker wrote: ↑Sat Apr 13, 2024 2:59 pm

President Bush wrote: ↑Fri Apr 12, 2024 6:24 pm A mural I saw in Guangzhou. Commie countries tend to be fascinating.

Was it next to one that said

War is peace.
freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength.

No, didn´t see that one there.

I'm pretty confident I know what it means, and it is a very bad, evil thing that must be stopped. It's not, it's just profoundly unrealistic and relies on humans choosing to behave in ways that they have never behaved in their history. If humans could suddenly stop being human and become communist ...

Communism has been a handy boogie-man for the U.S.'s need to flex its military might. I doubt that most americans know what it means, but they surely know it's a very bad, evil thing that must be stopped. I'm pretty confident I know what it means, and it is a very bad, evil thing that must be stopp...

You neglected to mention the most striking difference: Hitler´s side lost, Kissinger´s side didn´t. Last time I checked, Vietnam was a communist country. I think Kissinger's side lost, although the degree of defeat was not so bad as Hitler's. The Cambodians, Laotians and Vietnamese didn't have an o...

Once you’ve been to Cambodia, you’ll never stop wanting to beat Henry Kissinger to death with your bare hands. -Anthony Bourdain https://twitter.com/Bourdain/status/960322190993477632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E960322190993477632%7Ctwgr%5E0e03372d30493ab0009b74d75ebcbbf67a...

You cut Hitler less slack than Henry Kissinger? Yes. In trying to think of why, here's what I came up with. Kissinger, and other Americans of his ilk, felt that whatever deaths they caused were a regrettable side effect of pursuing an important cause. ("Important" to them.) They might hav...

Which is to say that I agree motivation matters. It's just that some motivations might be judged as evil, regardless of how the person performing the act views his own motivation. Relating this to "Planet America" I think that lots of people, including Henry Kissinger, used military might...

Even if someone does something for their own benefit, they do it because they truly believe that it's the best thing they can do in the circumstances. Either they think that with more power they can help more of the right kind of people, or in some cases (not mentioning any names) because they trul...

Yeah, he's only been around since 1973.