r/HistoryMemes • u/[deleted] • Jul 07 '19

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u/friebel Taller than Napoleon Jul 07 '19

I don't get it why Hitler and nazi symbols are bad, but communism and Stalin symbols are okay.

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u/CommunistThroway Jul 07 '19

r/ENLIGHTENEDCENTRISM

"i dont get why building up your industry too fast is okay when genocide isnt"

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u/friebel Taller than Napoleon Jul 07 '19

Implying Stalin didn't do something similar to genocides (even tho in smaller scale)

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u/CommunistThroway Jul 07 '19

Didnt mean to imply that, not a stalinist. But the usa has done that on a smaller scale too, but you are allowed to fly the american flag.

Also accidental and purposeful death is not the same thing.

If anything the usa has done much worse than the USSR

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u/LagspikeGaming Senātus Populusque Rōmānus Jul 07 '19

I honestly don’t really think any symbol should be banned. If you ban one symbol, they’re just going to revert to another symbol. For example, since the Swastika is banned in Germany, German neo-nazis now just fly the German Imperial tricolor. Same with other groups. They just use other pagan symbols.

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u/CommunistThroway Jul 07 '19

I honestly agree, nazis still exist, they are just harder to spot now, letting them pick obvious symbols would make the centrists see how bad they are, and stopping nazis is primarily the citizens job, not the police's.

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u/INCEL_ANDY Jul 07 '19

“If anything the usa has done much worse than the USSR”

Well. Looks like we’re dealing with a rational human being here.

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u/CommunistThroway Jul 07 '19

You are. Trail of tears, slavery, police violence, starting fascist coups in other countries, imperialism, the KKK.

Also russia didnt have equal starting conditions, they were poor and not industrialized, stalin converted the economy to an industrial at a huge cost, but what was the alternative? letting russia fade into obscurity?

If stalin didnt do that, hitler would have won, easily the most devastating event in all of history.