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Cake day: June 14th, 2023

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  • This appears to be a CIA copy of an AP article about unsourced claims in a book… not very strong evidence.

    I mean it could certainly be true but people really need to stop looking at everything released by the CIA and assuming it was written and verified by them. They had all sorts of files in their archives, although the fact that they chose to archive this is itself a bit interesting.











  • I love hearing about these old struggles. Our history presents it as if everyone just accepted the tyranny of that time but the reality is people have always been fighting the same fight.

    It’s also nice to know that some of my ancestors were trying to help people instead of all of the awful things the aristocracy were doing.



  • LibertyLizard@slrpnk.nettoLefty Memes@lemmy.dbzer0.comThe curse of being right
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    I don’t have any issue with communism as it’s actually defined. A classless, moneyless, stateless society sounds nice but I’m unsure it’s possible. But I do have a problem with the charlatans who have come to be referred to as communists in popular parlance.

    Similarly, I would say the rhetoric around color revolutions is actually anti-communist. Communism, among other things, is stateless, so if you are smearing and delegitimizing popular uprisings against oppressive governments, that is in reality an anti-communist mentality.



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    I did click the dropdown. I was fiddling with it and may have left it in the wrong state in this screenshot. Are you saying there should be references there but they aren’t displaying?

    It also says pages needing references and the text itself contains no citations. So I’m finding this a bit hard to believe but if someone is able to confirm that would be helpful.



  • Oh to be clear there’s no factual information. But who they decide to tar and feather is interesting, since tankies can’t abide facts, real history, or true convictions of any kind. All need to be sacrificed before the altar of the great leader, whichever one it is they choose to bow before. If they’re falsely calling you an anti-communist, it’s a good sign, so thanks for the validation!