It is incontestable that Stalin raised the standard of living. The Russian people don’t go hungry.

If you showed a lib this quote without context they’d cry “tankie”

Your average lib’s view of Stalin is to the right of Hitler’s

It’s always funny to me how western media tries to frame this as a bad thing.

“Not even their elites are safe from their government!” Oh no, how terrible that they face consequences for their actions like the rest of us

The best part of sticking her with the nickname Eve Fartlow is that she can’t complain about it without sounding ridiculous

The people who called us conspiracy theorists and Putin lovers for saying all along that it wasn’t Russia will never apologize or acknowledge their mistake, and they’ll swallow the next obvious lie without a moment’s hesitation.

In no way could the country’s young people having plenty of spare time but no ability to pay for the necessities of life possibly be a recipe for a disaster

Fitting, since FDR literally built concentration camps

Journalist: M. Ben M’Hidi, don’t you think it’s a bit cowardly to use women’s baskets and handbags to carry explosive devices that kill so many innocent people?

Ben M’Hidi: And doesn’t it seem to you even more cowardly to drop napalm bombs on defenseless villages, so that there are a thousand times more innocent victims? Of course, if we had your airplanes it would be a lot easier for us. Give us your bombers, and you can have our baskets.

-The Battle of Algiers

Its almost as if the Ukranians hated the Soviets and wanted to free themselves of Russian oppression…sure signing up with the SS wasn’t the most optimal way to do that, but honestly can they be blamed?

Liberals hate socialists more than they hate fascists

I never realized how awful Democrats were until I started paying attention to their policies toward the imperial periphery. It’s darkly funny to me whenever someone from the third world says they don’t see any meaningful difference between Democrats and Republicans, only for some to condescend to them and accuse them of being privileged.

Something dystopian about being trapped in a system that runs on mass death but expects you to talk about death like you’re a character in a children’s cartoon