When it requires people who have escaped communism to identify it, you know its bad!

[C_T_Russell]

"If you don't learn from history, nothing will save you."
Romanian immigrant warns others.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/K2Wb2bR2HcE

[Oh_hunnihunni]

The regime they escaped from was not communism. It was an evil tyranny of the powerful...

Given the opportunity any political ideology can be corrupted into becoming a wickedness. Human history has many lessons that prove that as a fact.

[C_T_Russell]

The regime they escaped from was not communism. It was an evil tyranny of the powerful...

Given the opportunity any political ideology can be corrupted into becoming a wickedness. Human history has many lessons that prove that as a fact.

The concept of communism in itself isn't actually evil, but in principal every country adopting it has turned it into a wicked dictatorship. Just look at China right now, its starting to fall apart over there.

[Praktica]

I think that a round of "reeducation camps" for antivaxers and other conspiracy theory idiots might not be a bad thing...

[Oh_hunnihunni]

The regime they escaped from was not communism. It was an evil tyranny of the powerful...

Given the opportunity any political ideology can be corrupted into becoming a wickedness. Human history has many lessons that prove that as a fact.

The concept of communism in itself isn't actually evil, but in principal every country adopting it has turned it into a wicked dictatorship. Just look at China right now, its starting to fall apart over there.

Well, there is a lot about China I do not like, but I am not Chinese. There is also a lot I admire hugely.

For instance, this morning's news that China is starting to relax its covid policy is a direct response to protest action by its people. Wouldn't it be intetesting if every regime responded to protests with positive change, and not police action...

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I think that a round of "reeducation camps" for antivaxers and other conspiracy theory idiots might not be a bad thing...

See, this is where one ideology conflicts with another. It is a challenge to reconcile the gulf between them sometimes without getting angry.

[king1]

I think that a round of "reeducation camps" for antivaxers and other conspiracy theory idiots might not be a bad thing...

I like that idea, maybe we should suggest it to the PM - why should we stop at reviewing pursuit policies...

On that note, Australia must have a few beds free at their immigration camps by now, with all them 501s they been deporting - maybe we could do a deal with them?

[Lilith7]

Why the devil do those on the right so often point at brutal regimes & claim that its 'communist' when they must be well aware that its nothing of the kind.
I've come across people who claim that Pinoche, Ceausescu & even Hitler were 'communists.'

[harm_less]

"If you don't learn from history, nothing will save you."
Romanian immigrant warns others.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/K2Wb2bR2HcE

The title of that YouTube clip was enough to recommend ignoring it. Why are all these CT supporting types so keen to use a term of African American origin that relates to being aware of social norms, and if you are anti-woke does that then mean you are resistant to long held societal respectfulness?

It also seems to me a large number of the anti-woke brigade wouldn't be those expected to be adopting a black American terminology.

[Oh_hunnihunni]

Woke, being a black American term...

[C_T_Russell]

The concept of communism in itself isn't actually evil, but in principal every country adopting it has turned it into a wicked dictatorship. Just look at China right now, its starting to fall apart over there.

Well, there is a lot about China I do not like, but I am not Chinese. There is also a lot I admire hugely.

For instance, this morning's news that China is starting to relax its covid policy is a direct response to protest action by its people. Wouldn't it be intetesting if every regime responded to protests with positive change, and not police action...

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You do know that literally the protesters in China were protesting against the exact same thing that everyone was at parliament back in February?

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"If you don't learn from history, nothing will save you."
Romanian immigrant warns others.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/K2Wb2bR2HcE

The title of that YouTube clip was enough to recommend ignoring it. Why are all these CT supporting types so keen to use a term of African American origin that relates to being aware of social norms, and if you are anti-woke does that then mean you are resistant to long held societal respectfulness?

It also seems to me a large number of the anti-woke brigade wouldn't be those expected to be adopting a black American terminology.

I have no idea on the origins of the term woke, but it seems to be associated with the PC brigade and BLM/ANTIFA, far left, etc.

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Why the devil do those on the right so often point at brutal regimes & claim that its 'communist' when they must be well aware that its nothing of the kind.
I've come across people who claim that Pinoche, Ceausescu & even Hitler were 'communists.'

Dictators perhaps, but definitely not communist far from it, they were far right socialism.

[Olive]

"I have no idea on the origins of the term woke, but it seems to be associated with the PC brigade and BLM/ANTIFA, far left, etc."

It's time you educated yourself. It's not difficult.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woke

[C_T_Russell]

"I have no idea on the origins of the term woke, but it seems to be associated with the PC brigade and BLM/ANTIFA, far left, etc."

It's time you educated yourself.  It's not difficult.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woke

Well, I definitely see how it's used now  looks like its taken on a new meaning.
I'm definitely against all this woke garbage.
We don't see Eskimo pies anymore which is just one example, not to mention banning gollywogs on trademe.
I remember this happening in the 1980s when they were trying to remove noddy books from the shelves over their use of gollywogs!

[Oh_hunnihunni]

The protests are entirely different, arising as they do from completely different cultures, political environments, and lived experiences.

Why is it people choose to be ignorant when it is quite easy to educate ourselves thanks to the wonderous miracle of the internet?

[harm_less]

The protests are entirely different, arising as they do from completely different cultures, political environments, and lived experiences.

Why is it people choose to be ignorant when it is quite easy to educate ourselves thanks to the wonderous miracle of the internet?

Commonly referred to as 'wilful ignorance' and very difficult to counter those "none so blind as those that will not see". Just have to wait for karma to do its thing I guess.