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In Reply to: RE: McCarthy was fundamentally correct, it was the execution... posted by bean on May 16, 2019 at 11:56:00:
Truth is - most Americans have no idea what the Soviet regime really was. They have that notion that the Nazi were bad, but the Soviets were different.
In fact there was never any difference between the two regimes. And the fact the Soviets somehow became the innocent victim is one of the greatest travesties in history. They did the same things, from two directions - murdering, pillaging, destroying, and finally meeting in the middle of Poland.
Just two bandits... one eventually stabbing the other one in the back. Simply because he moved faster.
The American left fascination with communism stems from their inability to see beyond the most primitive slogans. They take "free education" and translate it literally, totally void of any understanding of what it really means.
Sometimes I try to explain it to our American friends. My parents had two advanced professions. If they lived here, their income would be in the $500K+ territory. They would not have a problem sending their kids to the best school.
In Russia they had a 90 sq foot room in a communal apartment, with no bath, and with toilet and the kitchen shared with seven other families. Their real income was probably in the $50 a month range, it not less.
Sorry for the rant... but recently one idiot in our close circle of friends... a well educated Jew, living here since 1980, declared himself a Marxist.
Some things you just can't understand.
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- That's one great recommendation! - Victor Khomenko 05/16/1912:20:34 05/16/19 (82)
- RE: That's one great recommendation! - Aristarchus 07:13:03 05/18/19 (0)
- RE: That's one great recommendation! - Aristarchus 19:09:52 05/16/19 (0)
- RE: That's one great recommendation! - Aristarchus 16:56:09 05/16/19 (0)
- RE: That's one great recommendation! - Wojciech 13:12:59 05/16/19 (17)
- I literally can't think of one good thing to say about Russia - Jay Buridan 12:20:18 05/17/19 (16)
- RE: I literally can't think of one good thing to say about Russia - Wojciech 16:10:11 05/17/19 (8)
- Why do you say that Poles would control Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania? - Jay Buridan 16:23:06 05/17/19 (7)
- RE: Why do you say that Poles would control Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania? - Wojciech 16:39:29 05/17/19 (6)
- Yeah, Poland is an interesting nation - Jay Buridan 17:42:17 05/17/19 (4)
- Now I don't know if you're being ironic or just naive [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 18:18:18 05/17/19 (3)
- Why do you say that Chris? - Jay Buridan 19:01:21 05/17/19 (2)
- The reason that's naive is because. . . - Chris from Lafayette 10:23:35 05/18/19 (1)
- Fair enough, Chris. - Jay Buridan 13:45:30 05/19/19 (0)
- I think you meant to refer to the Polish-LITHUANIAN Commonwealth? [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 17:33:03 05/17/19 (0)
- RE: I literally can't think of one good thing to say about Russia - Inmate51 14:46:25 05/17/19 (0)
- Well, here's one - Victor Khomenko 14:06:04 05/17/19 (5)
- Generalizations and stereotypes - Chris from Lafayette 17:28:11 05/17/19 (2)
- Wow - Inmate51 18:23:52 05/17/19 (1)
- NP - Threads get hijacked - it happens ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 18:41:38 05/17/19 (0)
- Agreed, there's an effed up mentality - Jay Buridan 15:53:21 05/17/19 (1)
- But it's people all over the world - it's not peculiar to Russia [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 17:29:35 05/17/19 (0)
- RE: That's one great recommendation! - regmac 12:51:30 05/16/19 (60)
- RE: That's one great recommendation! - Aristarchus 22:48:18 05/17/19 (2)
- Hitler was possibly responsible for some of the deaths attributed to Stalin - Chris from Lafayette 00:56:45 05/19/19 (1)
- Remember 1991? - Inmate51 08:39:00 05/19/19 (0)
- Some estimates go as far as 60 million. - Victor Khomenko 13:06:07 05/16/19 (56)
- "Unfortunately those idiots never learn, and today they give Putin 146% votes at their election" - Chris from Lafayette 14:13:21 05/16/19 (52)
- RE: "Unfortunately those idiots never learn, and today they give Putin 146% votes at their election" - Aristarchus 19:40:21 05/16/19 (15)
- The easiest way to understand our government's hostility to Russia. . . - Chris from Lafayette 20:23:45 05/16/19 (14)
- This never had anything to do with natural resources - Dave_K 08:33:55 05/17/19 (5)
- And you were doing so well until your final few paragraphs! - Chris from Lafayette 09:21:14 05/17/19 (0)
- RE: This never had anything to do with natural resources - regmac 08:47:06 05/17/19 (3)
- Hey, Reg - I like your dime store psychoanalysis! [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 09:34:37 05/17/19 (2)
- RE: Hey, Reg - I like your dime store psychoanalysis! [nt] ;-) - Aristarchus 09:46:57 05/17/19 (1)
- Thanks for the correction! [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 17:34:21 05/17/19 (0)
- How many ways you can twist into a pretzel, trying to present... - Victor Khomenko 07:32:22 05/17/19 (7)
- RE: Hey! You leave our very own personal Bolshevik alone! - kitch29 08:19:02 05/17/19 (5)
- I appreciate the support, but I don't consider myself a Bolshevik [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 08:25:45 05/17/19 (4)
- Agreed. You are more of an enthusiastic apologist for Putin's autocratic regime. Or as the Washington Post... - regmac 08:37:43 05/17/19 (1)
- You're so right, Reg! Isn't it funny how. . . - Chris from Lafayette 08:50:57 05/17/19 (0)
- RE: I'll bet HUAC does. - kitch29 08:30:29 05/17/19 (1)
- No doubt! [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 09:36:26 05/17/19 (0)
- Regardless of your assertions, the current system in Russia - Chris from Lafayette 08:17:55 05/17/19 (0)
- Unlike you, I have actually spent plenty of time in those hospital. - Victor Khomenko 14:19:41 05/16/19 (35)
- Yeah, Vic, I don't see the world's wealthy flocking to Moscow for that "quality" Russian medical care. ~:) - regmac 14:42:40 05/16/19 (29)
- The burrial, OTOH, is quite affordable :( - Victor Khomenko 15:18:33 05/16/19 (27)
- I don't mean to minimize your terrible experiences in the Soviet Union - Chris from Lafayette 16:21:43 05/16/19 (22)
- RE: I don't mean to minimize your terrible experiences in the Soviet Union - Victor Khomenko 18:37:54 05/16/19 (21)
- "The militarization is in full swing" - Chris from Lafayette 20:13:17 05/16/19 (20)
- I don't pay attention to all that Russian garbage - Victor Khomenko 05:42:33 05/17/19 (19)
- "there were periods in the Soviet history where people could travel rather easily" - Chris from Lafayette 08:38:40 05/17/19 (8)
- Your problem is superficial knowledge - Victor Khomenko 10:34:47 05/17/19 (7)
- The simplistic proclamations come directly from US propaganda in the 50's and 60's - Chris from Lafayette 17:45:27 05/17/19 (6)
- As I already said, that was the correct statement - Victor Khomenko 18:32:00 05/17/19 (5)
- Maybe so, but you still haven't supported your assertions [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 10:26:05 05/18/19 (0)
- RE: As I already said, that was the correct statement - Inmate51 19:05:27 05/17/19 (3)
- Is that about the IRIS? nt - Victor Khomenko 06:44:41 05/18/19 (2)
- RE: Is that about the IRIS? nt - Inmate51 07:05:49 05/18/19 (1)
- Yes, saw that one. - Victor Khomenko 07:32:29 05/18/19 (0)
- RE: I don't pay attention to all that Russian garbage - Inmate51 06:42:30 05/17/19 (9)
- And now that we have OUR missiles in Romania. . . - Chris from Lafayette 08:24:06 05/17/19 (8)
- What missiles do we have in Romania? - Dave_K 11:10:04 05/17/19 (7)
- RE: What missiles do we have in Romania? - Chris from Lafayette 18:16:52 05/17/19 (6)
- RE: What missiles do we have in Romania? - Dave_K 05:26:31 05/18/19 (5)
- RE: What missiles do we have in Romania? - Chris from Lafayette 16:13:44 05/20/19 (0)
- Can't reply right now - will reply later tonight [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 11:13:17 05/18/19 (0)
- The Russians have been in violation of INF for many years - Victor Khomenko 06:42:27 05/18/19 (2)
- The only country I know of today which has a significant and aggressive neo-Nazi - Chris from Lafayette 11:08:56 05/18/19 (1)
- RE: The only country I know of today which has a significant and aggressive neo-Nazi - Inmate51 11:49:13 05/18/19 (0)
- RE: The burrial, OTOH, is quite affordable :( - regmac 16:21:23 05/16/19 (3)
- RE: The burrial, OTOH, is quite affordable :( - Aristarchus 22:52:41 05/17/19 (0)
- Solzhenitsyn and despicable systems - Chris from Lafayette 16:35:20 05/16/19 (1)
- Everyone makes his own decisions - Victor Khomenko 05:47:01 05/17/19 (0)
- Maybe not, but. . . - Chris from Lafayette 15:01:09 05/16/19 (0)
- Yeah - when was that, Victor? Before WWII? ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 14:38:45 05/16/19 (4)
- Looks pretty deserted to me...especially if this is free medical treatment - Carl G 01:30:43 05/17/19 (3)
- In a follow-on video, the narrator explained that she specifically. . . - Chris from Lafayette 08:14:39 05/17/19 (2)
- Allocation of resources - Dave_K 09:17:01 05/17/19 (1)
- RE: Allocation of resources - Chris from Lafayette 09:32:06 05/17/19 (0)
- RE: Some estimates go as far as 60 million. - regmac 13:18:44 05/16/19 (2)
- RE: Some estimates go as far as 60 million. - Wojciech 19:13:25 05/16/19 (1)
- "it looks like HE [Putin] will be remembered as a leading Politician of the era" - Chris from Lafayette 20:30:46 05/16/19 (0)