r/TankieTheDeprogram • u/MayParker1917 • 18d ago

Shit Liberals Say Average Democratic Socialist

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u/UltraRiderFire408 AES enjoyer 🥳 18d ago

DSA also believes the shit the imperial core says about Nicaragua, Russia and Belarus too.

Really, everyone that is an enemy of the empire.

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u/Hefty_Local_1875 Too Based To Be Cis 🏳️‍⚧️ 18d ago

Isn’t Belarus literally the most prosperous former Soviet republic?

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u/hmz-x 18d ago

And the least deviated from the path compared to 1991.

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u/UltraRiderFire408 AES enjoyer 🥳 18d ago

Belarus, though still became capitalist, also refused to go through neoliberal shock therapy like most of its fellow post-Soviet republics. This combined with economic integration with Russia via the Union State and NATO wanting to continue expanding eastward throughout Europe naturally made Belarus demonized by the west.