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Political mindset evolution (lemmy.ml)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (14 children)

“communism” at least as practiced in the USSR, Cuba, North Korea and China.

What are you talking about? Research how many rights women and lgbt people lost when the GDR fell for an example of how wrong-headed this line of thinking is.

For those who want light reading, I highly recommend "Why women had better sex under socialism, and other arguments for economic independence"

[–] sozesoze -3 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Yes these rights rights were lost, but this paints the GDR in a positive light regarding regarding civil rights when in reality people who showed a smidge of dissent were persecuted.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Yes these rights rights were lost, but this paints the GDR in a positive light regarding regarding civil rights

Because they were, especially compared to West Germany.

[–] sozesoze 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I’m not arguing for the BRD and how not fucked LGBTQ and women's rights were. I’m arguing against a picture that the GDR had better rights in general when in fact most people who didn’t strictly follow the party line were heavily suppressed and observed.

Edit: forgot women's rights

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