▲ 259 ▼ Russia says it will react “very negatively” if Ali Khamenei is killed (news.sky.com) submitted 1 year ago by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world 61 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) I mean, many of those leaders were communists... But not agents of the Soviets, which was a convenient accusation tho permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Maybe "communist" by the 60s definition as in anyone to the left of keynes then yeah I guess so, but MLK wasn't a communist in any real political sense. The analogy still holds though, many of the leaders OP is pointing out are regressive right wing nationalist who would naturally align with putin without being agents of the Kremlin. Both these accusations tend to put the blame of these movements on foreigners meddling with our democracy instead of real strains of thought coming from that democracy that need to be addressed. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago Yes, MLK was one of the most moderate representatives of the movement, yet even he was a democratic socialist (even if that played much less of a role in his convictions than his christianity) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Maybe "communist" by the 60s definition as in anyone to the left of keynes then yeah I guess so, but MLK wasn't a communist in any real political sense. The analogy still holds though, many of the leaders OP is pointing out are regressive right wing nationalist who would naturally align with putin without being agents of the Kremlin. Both these accusations tend to put the blame of these movements on foreigners meddling with our democracy instead of real strains of thought coming from that democracy that need to be addressed. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago Yes, MLK was one of the most moderate representatives of the movement, yet even he was a democratic socialist (even if that played much less of a role in his convictions than his christianity) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago Yes, MLK was one of the most moderate representatives of the movement, yet even he was a democratic socialist (even if that played much less of a role in his convictions than his christianity) permalink fedilink source parent