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nyamlae@lemmy.world 5 days agoAh yes, the USSR, a state which considered homosexuality to be a mental disorder and a sign of fascism, and then subsequently criminalized it, arrested queer people, and sentenced them to years in labour camps.
People oppose communism because we don’t trust authoritarians to make good decisions, and when they inevitably make bad decisions, the effects are disastrous and widespread due to how centralized the system is.
humble_pete_digger@lemm.ee 5 days ago
It’s unrelated to Ussr.
Many countries criminalized it and still do including US until very very recent times
OmegaLemmy@discuss.online 5 days ago
Tankie, you could discredit the USSR for not being accepting and still be a good faith communist but nevermind
humble_pete_digger@lemm.ee 5 days ago
I don’t really care.
I think ussr had a lot of unique positive things.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Like putting Jews and Red Army POWs let out of Nazi camps in gulags. Very positive.
abbadon420@lemm.ee 5 days ago
I get, you’re saying the benefits of communism are well worth the sacrifice of a few minorities. That’s an argument you can make, but who decides who the minority is? What if they decide that you’re the minority? Seems like that’s gonna be a fun little twist in your little utopia, won’t it?