▲ 218 ▼ The US was the literal blueprint for most of what Nazis did (lemmy.world) submitted 1 month ago by anticolonialist@lemmy.world [M] to c/latestagecapitalism@lemmy.world 54 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] timdrake@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 month ago (1 child) Knows nothing about Democratic Kampuchea award permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SpookyBogMonster@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago* (1 child) Ok, I was making fun of you earlier, but now I'm genuinely interested. Explain to me why you think Democratic Kampuchea was a Socialist State, and I presume, didn't actually commit a genocide. Because as far as I've ever been able to tell, pol pot apologia tends to be fairly flimsy, and be coming more from a place of defending China's position after the Sino-Soviet split, rather than Cambodia itself. How about the Vietnamese-backed state of the People's Republic of Kampuchea? Was it Socialist? Why or why not? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] timdrake@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 month ago There is no strict definition of a “socialist state.” DK was led by a communist party which set out concrete plans for developing a self-sufficient “socialist economy” and a “socialist culture” and was able to follow through on some of those in its short time. There is nothing that makes it “non-socialist” in comparison to other projects. I presume, didn’t actually commit a genocide You can presume that based on the fact that the allegation of genocide clearly violates the meaning of the word. How about the Vietnamese-backed state of the People’s Republic of Kampuchea? Was it Socialist? I don’t see why not. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SpookyBogMonster@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago* (1 child) Ok, I was making fun of you earlier, but now I'm genuinely interested. Explain to me why you think Democratic Kampuchea was a Socialist State, and I presume, didn't actually commit a genocide. Because as far as I've ever been able to tell, pol pot apologia tends to be fairly flimsy, and be coming more from a place of defending China's position after the Sino-Soviet split, rather than Cambodia itself. How about the Vietnamese-backed state of the People's Republic of Kampuchea? Was it Socialist? Why or why not? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] timdrake@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 month ago There is no strict definition of a “socialist state.” DK was led by a communist party which set out concrete plans for developing a self-sufficient “socialist economy” and a “socialist culture” and was able to follow through on some of those in its short time. There is nothing that makes it “non-socialist” in comparison to other projects. I presume, didn’t actually commit a genocide You can presume that based on the fact that the allegation of genocide clearly violates the meaning of the word. How about the Vietnamese-backed state of the People’s Republic of Kampuchea? Was it Socialist? I don’t see why not. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] timdrake@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 month ago There is no strict definition of a “socialist state.” DK was led by a communist party which set out concrete plans for developing a self-sufficient “socialist economy” and a “socialist culture” and was able to follow through on some of those in its short time. There is nothing that makes it “non-socialist” in comparison to other projects. I presume, didn’t actually commit a genocide You can presume that based on the fact that the allegation of genocide clearly violates the meaning of the word. How about the Vietnamese-backed state of the People’s Republic of Kampuchea? Was it Socialist? I don’t see why not. permalink fedilink source parent
