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[–] wowwoweowza@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

Well, let’s thank Trump for destroying the CIA!

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 45 points 4 days ago (54 children)

Seeing some of the zingers in the comments here, now seems like a great time to plug my "Read Theory, Darn it!" introductory Marxist-Leninist reading list. Read up, comrades!

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[–] CalipherJones@lemmy.world 24 points 4 days ago (9 children)

I wonder if anyone ever said "Democracy would never work, just look at what happened to Athens".

Socialism and communism are relatively new ideas. While I don't believe communism is an effective form of government, it's still kind of silly to write it off so quickly.

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 25 points 4 days ago (1 children)

There is a poem in Polish, it goes in fast and dirty translation: "Today you scare us with communists, just as years ago, you scared our fathers with the democrat name".

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[–] Edie@lemmy.ml 24 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Someone between 1804 and 1830: Democracy doesn't work, just look at France, it dissolves into an empire

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