Can I ask you something?
No
And this is me being genuine here, because Iām clearly out of the loop, but what is it about communism that you think is really great? Just forget about the capitalist propaganda comments, I want your genuine opinion, why is it great and what drew you to it?
The anti-communism in your comment history is clear. I can see that you are J.A.Q.ing off with no interest in engaging honestly.
Is there a reason that youāre intent on derailing this thread for a question youāre clearly not interested in the answer to?
Why do you think millions of the most oppressed turn to communism?
Why do you think the most rich bourgeois and the most vile Nazis revile communism?
Have you looked to your right and left, and seen who swells your ranks?
I have. Iām content with the side Iāve chosen. Are you?
You can choose not to answer and I respect that, Iāve seen you guys post around here a lot. While I have in the past tried to avoid those conversations, Iāve simply never given any of you a chance to speak your mind. Do I believe there are people on lemmy that just want to troll? Absolutely! Thereās people like that everywhere, Iām simply trying to understand your perspective because Iāve never engaged in the subject, now Iām intrigued. Iāve gotten to a point where I just have to know what drives you and why. Answer if you want or ignore me, I wonāt harass you about it. Iām just trying to give you a chance to speak and explain so I can better understand. Thereās no trickery here, I promise.
You can choose not to answer and I respect that, Iāve seen you guys post around here a lot. While I have in the past tried to avoid those conversations, Iāve simply never given any of you a chance to speak your mind. Do I believe there are people on lemmy that just want to troll? Absolutely! Thereās people like that everywhere, Iām simply trying to understand your perspective because Iāve never engaged in the subject, now Iām intrigued. Iāve gotten to a point where I just have to know what drives you and why. Answer if you want or ignore me, I wonāt harass you about it. Iām just trying to give you a chance to speak and explain so I can better understand. Thereās no trickery here, I promise.
Ah, silly me. Iāll choose to believe youāre interacting genuinely. I will, of course, come to regret this.
My answer is rooted in several reasons:
- The inability of liberalism to put in effect the progress that liberals talk about (based in COVID deaths, hate crimes, and continuing rampant inequality).
- The hysterical fear that liberal democracies use in blocking information on Communism (if āMao is as bad as Hitlerā why do public libraries always stock books by Hitler and never by Mao?)
- The ease of explaining the present deplorable state of the world with the banal evil of the profit motive.
- The blatant lies put forward by capitalism - not only are Mao and Stalin not monsters, they both write with a clear and academic voice. You can easily find works written by both, and they do not match the stories told in the U$.
And the emotional pull of the millions who pulled themselves from slavery and oppression through Communism:
Ballads of Lenin
Comrade Lenin of Russia,
High in a marble tomb,
Move over, Comrade Lenin,
And give me room.
I am Ivan, the peasant,
Boots all muddy with soil.
I fought with you, Comrade Lenin.
Now I have finished my toil.
Comrade Lenin of Russia,
Alive in a marble tomb,
Move over, Comrade Lenin,
And make me room.
I am Chico, the Negro,
Cutting cane in the sun.
I lived for you, Comrade Lenin.
Now my work is done.
Comrade Lenin of Russia,
Honored in a marble tomb,
Move over, Comrade Lenin,
And leave me room.
I am Chang from the foundries
On strike in the streets of Shanghai.
For the sake of the Revolution
I fight, I starve, I die.
Comrade Lenin of Russia
Speaks from the marble tomb:
On guard with the workers forever ā
The world is our room!
Wow, thatās a wild point of view. Thank you for sharing, thatās actually really fascinating to see things from another perspective. Unfortunately I donāt think I would ever agree to follow in those world views, but I respect your right to believe them and thatās realistically what both sides need to achieve, mutual respect. So thanks.
