• Godric@lemmy.worldOP
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      5 days ago

      When clowns stop defending and downplaying the USSR 30 years after the empire collapsed, I’ll stop joking about it!

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        5 days ago

        couldnt you put your effort into something worthwhile? make fun of the current authoritarian regimes instead of trying to “own the libs tankies”

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          I do loathe authoritarians of all shapes, yet nobody crawls out of the woodwork to moan nearly so loudly as when I “own the tankies”, as you put it.

          I ain’t religous, but there’s not much use in preaching to the choir!

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            not much use in preaching to the choir!

            ah yes, thats why this is posted on lw, to really get those differing opinions!

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              4 days ago

              You forgot to end your sentence with a period, and “loathe” should be in quotes, because you’re quoting them.

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                You’re forgetting that I’m speaking with what I’d like to call “modern Internet grammar and syntax” so it’s comfortable appropriate given the context to not use quotes or periods. The quotes are debatable here because I’m not necessarily quoting the person but I am making a statement of fact on spelling.

                So this is less of a gotcha than you think.

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          3 days ago

          I am seeing more tankie posts recently mocking anyone to the right of them regardless of extreme. Maybe OP is only trying to counter that.

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          4 days ago

          What academic sources have you read about the internal functions of the USSR?

          lol you don’t need a thesis to know that people having to lining up for basic essentials is broke for a superpower.

          fuck mate, even in the 80s you couldn’t just go to the store and buy sour cream - they had no plastics industry, so you’d have to bring your own container to a vendor you know that had received sour cream recently, and they’d measure it out into your container.

          Estimate go from 40-60 percent of the entire GDP being wasted on defense because you gotta keep those satellite stans under control.

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          Read- none of note. Personal experience as a volunteer with a refugee resettlement agency and interacting with refugees from Soviet states- a fuck ton.

        • Mulligrubs@lemmy.world
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          Why would you ever limit yourself to academic sources?

          Personally, I’d prefer sources that were actually there to any “academic source”.

          But that’s just me, you do you, professor.

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            No one is limiting anyone to academic sources, please don’t try to spin what’s said. It makes you worse at discussion.

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              What academic sources have you read …

              Did you read your comment? It’s you. No spin needed.

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                3 days ago

                Asking if someone has read any academic sources on a subject is different than demanding only academic sources.

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                  You realize the implication of what you wrote right? You understand what an implication is? Trying to be cute and hiding behind technicalities is pathetic and cowardly. Which honestly is par for the course for pseudo intellectual tankie trash lmao

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                  Maybe you didn’t notice, but i’m not OP

                  Also, i would love to hear your high academic backed opinion, explaining why building the wall of berlin was needed.

                  Maybe you have doubts about its existance? I mean, you are calling it ‘usa propaganda’… can you back that up with some publications?

                  Edit: take your time to do that research of yours