Thread: Western Propaganda aka клюква lol

Originally Posted by shackleford

I think "evil Communists" is more accurate. The Russian people aren't their government. Of course, some Russians were/are Communists, though. I'll be glad when authoritarianism works its way of Russia, any country for that matter, and the people are freer as individuals.

What support do you have for your assumption that Russians need to be "freer as individuals"? Do the people on this forum seem oppressed to you? As far as I am concerned, Americans with their lack of knowledge about other countries and prejudice from biaised media are just as much in need of liberation.

And as for "evil communists" well, in case you did not know: Communists around the world have volunteered their time to teach illiterate people to read, made cities out of wilderness, built housing for people who lived in shacks, provided free medical care to people who would otherwise have died, and helped defeat Nazism, just to mention a few things. Sure, many bad things have been done in the name of Communism, and some of its ideals may be offputting but I still think you need to inform yourself a bit better.

Originally Posted by Hanna

What support do you have for your assumption that Russians need to be "freer as individuals"? Do the people on this forum seem oppressed to you? As far as I am concerned, Americans with their lack of knowledge about other countries and prejudice from biaised media are just as much in need of liberation.

And as for "evil communists" well, in case you did not know: Communists around the world have volunteered their time to teach illiterate people to read, made cities out of wilderness, built housing for people who lived in shacks, provided free medical care to people who would otherwise have died, and helped defeat Nazism, just to mention a few things. Sure, many bad things have been done in the name of Communism, and some of its ideals may be offputting but I still think you need to inform yourself a bit better.

See? What could be better evidence of effectiveness of the communist propaganda? Even after 20 years since the utopia was revealed there are still affected minds. But I agree with shackleford, it was certainly not the fault of those poor people that they were treated that bad. In fact, many of them were strong enough not to buy that propaganda while they were virtually forced to listen to it.