• ☂️-@lemmy.ml
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    4 hours ago

    yes those dirty brown people in south america can’t do socialism right when its being sieged by the US!

    how telling of mr. mamdani.

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        2 minutes ago

        They’re a Leninist. Hypocrisy is their super power. The only thing that maters to them is that he attacked the party/dictator. Which is the only unforgivable sin. Every problem with their governments is always somehow the West’s fault. And they are infallible. Zero nuance or irony.

        Yes the US has a history of meddling in south America and blockading Cuba. And yes that’s wrong. But blaming that for all their problems is ridiculous. The Cuban government imprisoning those sharing western media that makes it through the blockade etc. Isn’t because of the blockade. It’s because the government is authoritarian. And if those they control get narratives outside the governments approved ones. It makes them harder to control. It’s why Western media narratives are suddenly starting to much closer mimic those of leninist and other dictatorial governments.

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        9 minutes ago

        i did.

        the US didn’t “make it worse”. the US is the one creating these bad conditions, and it’s about to make things worse for south america.

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        They’re really trying to figure out reasons to dislike the guy. For some reason, the “leftists” on lemmy.ml hate when a left American politician starts achieving success, and try to tear them down and lie about what a terrible person they are. It’s one of their favorite things; they relentlessly criticize AOC and Mamdani in a way they never would froth at the mouth about Chuck Schumer or anybody who is actually doing real damage.

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            1 hour ago

            Hey, how about Graham Platner’s secret Nazi sympathies? We know he has them, because of the tattoo! I haven’t heard that one for a while.

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              45 seconds ago

              you mean the fascist jackboot who worked in the takeover of the middle east?

              tell me again what makes that guy a leftist. and what makes you not a fascist for supporting it?

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                2 minutes ago

                A new one! What makes you say that he worked in Abu Ghraib? I did a quick search, and all I can find is a YouTube video by “BadEmpanada.”

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        2 hours ago

        you are at least aware venezuela and cuba are in the gutter because of US blockades, not their leadership, right?

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          6 minutes ago

          US blockades are responsible for their financial crises, not for them arresting journalists and dissenters. Also, the quote in the screenshot explicitly states that the US only made things worse.