Well trump

[Vinty]

Oh for the good old days of Stalin eh...

Remarkable achievement by Communism.
Took a basically third world country into leading the space race and defeating the biggest threat to civilisation along the way almost singlehandedly.
A friend of mine married a Polish woman who grew up under communism, she spoke 3 languages and was highly educated.
She landed herself a job as chief Librarian.

 

[charliegolf]

Remarkable achievement by Communism.
Took a basically third world country into leading the space race and defeating the biggest threat to civilisation along the way almost singlehandedly.
A friend of mine married a Polish woman who grew up under communism, she spoke 3 languages and was highly educated.
She landed herself a job as chief Librarian.

This quote skips over how they did the space race thing at the cost of impoverishing their slaves, er, people for 50-60 years. It's a little less remarkable when have all the labour you need and no labour laws or comebacks for your actions.

 

[denso13]

Remarkable achievement by Communism.

Should have focused on inside toilets for the masses.

 

[noseall]

, she spoke 3 languages and was highly educated.

Standard European (except UK morons).

 

[Andydevon]

So Nosal how many languages are you fluent in?

 

[Vinty]

t's a little less remarkable when have all the labour you need and no labour laws or comebacks for your actions

That is how Britain built its empire.

 

[charliegolf]

Should have focused on inside toilets for the masses.

That is how Britain built its empire.

Yes, but UK is a functioning democracy whilst Russia is still a dictatorship. UK (GB) gave up the lands it stole, and up to 2100 today, hasn't invaded any to take them back.

 

[Deleted member 18243]

Just saw a documentary about one Jussie Smollet, an American actor who faked a "hate crime" against himself.

He paid some other actors to stage an attack against him; the attack involved placing a noose around his neck to make it look like a symbolic racist attack.

He was believed initially, and so all the usual race-baiters took to the streets to protest against the usual imaginary enemies. The whole thing eventually got made out to be Trump's fault, and many of Trump's political enemies jumped on the bandwagon to denounce the great man.

This is the Trump phenomenon in microcosm.

 

[Deleted member 18243]

UK is a functioning democracy

No it isn't, it's a communist one party dictatorship.

 

[charliegolf]

I was about to type, "You do talk some rubbish, you do." But really it's only rubbish you spout.

 

[Deleted member 18243]

9Remarkable achievement by Communism.
Took a basically third world country into leading the space race and defeating the biggest threat to civilisation along the way almost singlehandedly.
A friend of mine married a Polish woman who grew up under communism, she spoke 3 languages and was highly educated.
She landed herself a job as chief Librarian.

On the Chris Tarrant railway journey programme I watched, he visited the town of Stalin's birth and found that the evil dictator is still much loved and revered there! Stalin's face is on many signs, hoardings and shopfronts. There is a Stalin museum in the town which does not mention anything negative about him. In one room there is great statue of the man which attracts worshippers. The door to this room is locked and a sign reads "Not open to strangers".

In my view there cannot be any praise for such a man and a system that enslaves, starves and kills so many people.

 

[Deleted member 18243]

I was about to type, "You do talk some rubbish, you do." But really it's only rubbish you spout.

And you are a right Charlie.

 

[noseall]

In my view there cannot be any praise for such a man and a system that enslaves, starves and kills so many people.

You only need look at Trump and Kim Jong un to know that isn't true.

 

[mitch66]

So Nosal how many languages are you fluent in.

Ask him again lol.

 

[Vinty]

One indirect consequence, or maybe direct consequence of the rise of communism was that the Western Capitalist elites who controlled the economies of Europe and Britain had to either comprise with the working classes, or go all out to destroy the communist threat.
They chose the latter, which is why an obvious nut case with a Charlie Chaplin moustache managed to get control of Germany.
In the early days Hitler and his Nazis were touted by the Western press as the next big thing, even Winston Churchill said nice things about Hitler, the Royal family thought he was a decent bloke as well.
It was only when the west realised that Hitler wasn't the mug they thought he was that attitudes changed.