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Why did things have to get this obvious before people realized the truth? (piefed.zip)

submitted 18 hours ago by MindfulMaverick@piefed.zip to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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It feels like topics I used to only see on r/conspiracy—like Epstein and the deep state—are now all over mainstream subreddits.

The US is doing what it always has done, only now the pretexts are weaker than ever. Did things really have to get this obvious before people finally realized that western governments only care about what's best for the oligarchy?

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[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 4 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Haha, fair. I've only skimmed it for info. The big takeaway from the soviet chapters is that it was limited by being the first socialist state, and so they tried a lot of brand new things, some of which ended up being mistakes or mishandled. This isn't anti-soviet messaging though, the point is that existing socialist states have learned from the soviets, and advanced upon them. When we measure the USSR's democracy contextually, it was very impressive, but socialists have advanced beyond it. This is a good thing, though, as we must always strive for improvement.

(Side note: the physical copy is 130 USD! Piracy-heads stay winning.)