I’m having difficulty defending ML ideas when talking with people. The biggest issues being “if communism is so great why did it fail everywhere”, “Communist were just authoritarian”, “China is just as bad as the US”. I just don’t know how to defend these points properly tbh, I just don’t present the ideas clearly enough.
RIP Michael Parenti
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Family friend that lives in Shanghai was the main culprit, which was strange to hear honestly.
Already made a post in the freechat community, but want to get some thoughts here as well. I’m currently going through the Prolewiki reading list for beginners, after I finish it I would love to read up on the Russian revolution. Not looking for a massive tome, but something in between being general but not overly specific and dense that I can’t get through in let’s say a month or 2. Thanks!
I’ve gotten replies that this is just conspiracy theories (even after pointing out that the CIA said so in their documents I get hit with “why would the CIA out themselves like that”) along with “if the US didn’t do that we would be fucked from the Russians”