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[–] JasSmith@kbin.social 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (40 children)

I’ve never met anyone who hates communism more than the colleagues of mine who grew up under communism. Their neighbours disappeared for saying the wrong things. They were hungry and cold as children every day. Sometimes they didn’t have any shoes. They weren’t allowed to leave their country for holidays. They couldn’t afford it, even if they were allowed. They couldn’t study what they wanted. Their entire educational system was political propaganda. Freedom of religion didn’t exist.

It always amazes me how the most vocal proponents of communism come from the most sheltered, most privileged people alive who would retch from learning about the atrocities committed in the name of communism. If they only spent a few minutes on Google.

[–] naughtysnake@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are you describing my grandad's life under Franco's dictatorship?

[–] JasSmith@kbin.social -2 points 1 year ago

My colleagues are mostly from Eastern Europe.

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