this post was submitted on 22 Jan 2025
15 points (100.0% liked)
Socialism
5358 readers
49 users here now
Rules TBD.
founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Sure, it’s a shoddy work of history, but it’s an exemplary work of anti-communist propaganda.
I recently heard Chris Hedges refer to it regarding the “horrors” of Communist “totalitarianism.” I think he believes every word of that book, as well as Hannah Arendt’s The Origins of Totalitarianism. Funny thing about Arendt: she came from a bourgeois family and so was unsurprisingly anti-communist, and she was funded & promoted by the CIA.
Imperialist Propaganda and the Ideology of the Western Left Intelligentsia: From Anticommunism and Identity Politics to Democratic Illusions and Fascism:
@davel @zdhzm2pgp Hmm..So are you suggesting it was pleasant to live in a totalitarian state, for example, in the former communist block?