• Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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    24 hours ago

    Syria is far worse under the current regime than it was under Assad, as you say, you don’t actually know what you’re talking about. Pretty self-aware of you to say.

    As for facts and data, no, I get mine from mainstream sources and data from after the opening of the Soviet Archives. Just because I don’t bother with PragerU doesn’t mean I’m wrong, you haven’t actually been able to address anything I’ve said on a factual basis so you resort to dodging and dismissing.

    You do that again with the DDR, you just say I don’t know anything rather than actually addressing what I say. What’s the point? Who are you convincing? Nobody, at this point, you have nothing to actually contest what I say and you aren’t convincing me.

    As for torture and despotism, I don’t approve, that’s why I’m against the US Empire and its puppet regimes.

    Thanks for the advice, but I already do, minus the travel. I’d like to some day. I suggest you do the same, and read books like Shock Doctrine and The Jakarta Method, which detail how 7 million people died during the transition from Socialism to Capitalism, and read about how the majority of people living in post-Soviet states wish they were still Socialist.

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      Far worse? Are you sure? Under his regime, there were Chem-Weapons dropped on his people … On top of all the killing, torture and systemic Violence … The new islamistic leaders are only for like 2? 3? Month in Power? Bold to call them far worse. But obviously you are an expert for Syrian politics. So I dont want to lecture you.

      What actual data do you want? History Books? Witness-Records? Museums?

      For the crimes in the SU probably start with the work of th NGO “Memorial”. They tried to archive the systemic terror.

      For an more imersive way to get into the topic “Gulag” and if you understand German or French, there is a german-french documentary. It was produced with help from Memorial and several historians, which explains and shows soviet the Gulag-System in 3 Parts. From the early beginning after the revolution to the end of the SU. “Die sowjetische Hauptverwaltung der Lager”, published by the German-French TV-Channel Arte. Probably you can find a translated version somewhere.

      Im not a capitalist. You dont have to convince me that capitalism is a problem or that western imperialism did and ist still doing a lot of harm to the world. But that doesnt mean Im Ok with the imperialism and harmfullnes of other politcal systems.

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        20 hours ago

        Yes, the death counts from the HTS regime are staggering, having ISIS control Syria ended up being even worse. Go figure.

        I’d like verified historical texts and records. Museums and personal anecdotes can be twisted far easier.

        Don’t speak German, so there’s nothing I can really check, though I don’t have much confidence in the anticommunist organizations of a country that was never de-nazified.

        For you, I recommend the book Russian Justice.

        The Soviets weren’t Imperialist, the fact that you continue to confidently spout utter nonsense like thinking ISIS is somehow better than the Assad regime just because the West likes working with them more and your insistence that I ignore the mountains of evidence and first-hand accounts that go against what you and the other user believe means I can generally ignore your statements.

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          15 hours ago

          Ok, ill leave it here. Youre obviously lost in some weird conspiracy tellings. Or are you a troll? But this discussion, especilly with somebody from the US, is at least absurd. And my time is sadly limited.

          But I make some things clear:

          Memorial was a russian organisation.

          The HTS is not ISIS. And its for the future to tell, how the new goverment will work out.

          The soviets were imperialistic. Otherwise they wouldnt have conquered half of europe and surpressed the conquered countries (see Praque spring, Solidarnosc)

          I wish you well. Keep your head and heart up, despite this moving times

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            15 hours ago

            It’s the opposite, you’ve been peddling conspiracy theory nonsense. HTS has roots in ISIS, the Soviet Union didn’t “conquer half of Europe,” and more. I’ve given you multiple verified sources (some even used as sources for Wikipedia articles), and your only response is that it doesn’t sound right to you, so it must not be true.

            Really, when one person has been giving facts and sources, and the other talks about how their grandmother said the Nazis weren’t all bad, it’s pretty obvious which one is the troll.