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[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Are we just saying nazi propaganda now? It was turned into a genocide from a famine that the Soviets were partially responsible for by nazi press like hearst press. The holodomor myth was straight up used to excuse the mass killing of Jewish folks.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They straight up had state sponsored gay bars and there was a massive state sponsored education campaign on lgbt people. During reunification they also lost massive economic gains, along the same line as what "why women had better sex under socialism" talks about.

Economics issues and social issues can't be isolated. Homeless queer youth are affected by economic policies.

The only communist country that allows it now is Cuba. They legalized it almost one year ago!

Tbf marriage isn't as much of a priority given what rights marriage grants in Cuba. Cuba has been doing SRS for free since 2009 and has sponsored massive education and anti-bigotry campaigns. Gay marriage is important but not that important compared to a bunch of other issues.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Did you not know? There is even a Wikipedia article on it, although it messes up some of the context.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Soviet_Union_referendum

[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Okay scratched liberal

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

We have no choice but to keep an even more violent system because people who tried a less violent system were sometimes as homophobic as was standard at the time in most places.

Let us ignore the fact that the small island nation of Cuba has the best lgbt rights in the world. Let's ignore the fact that socialism most directly helped the poorest and most vulnerable of gay and trans people with their economic equalization in ways that "progressive" dictatorships of the bourgeoisie still don't. Let's ignore the fact that lgbt rights in the west were won by movements full of radical queer communists, not given out of the benevolence of capitalism.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 year ago (3 children)
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