• intensely_human@lemm.ee
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    17 days ago

    Now imagine it’s “capitalism” and all the movies, talking heads, schools, and rock stars are railing against capitalism.

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      17 days ago

      If only we were acutely aware and presently suffered from one of those systems right now…

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          17 days ago

          This would be a great gotcha if Russia weren’t exactly as shit under capitalism currently. Any system is gonna suck under a fascist government.

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          17 days ago

          The Soviets may have conveniently lost them (though there is a lot still available to history), but if you want a real eye opener about living under a communist surveillance state, check out the Stasi museum in former East Berlin, the scale of it is absolutely shocking.