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I don't need that list, I'm aware of how fucked up we've been and even still are.
I grew up pre and post 9/11, I know how bad our presidents have been.
We have our problems, but we've come a long way from where we were and we can keep heading that way.
In my lifetime we have made leaps and bounds.
Have faith friend, in people, not governments.
Instead of supporting people who commit atrocities, preach about the values and ideals.
Militant conversions only work on militant attitudes, and then you have the Hammer/Nail problems.
Instead of capitalism bad, explain socialism good.
Like you guys (socialists, not authoritarian ass tankies) have so many good ideas, but complete revolution is chaos, and people love to have the trains run on time, so they drift to the first person to take power, and usually the people lining up to grab power are the least equipped for it.
If you guys would spend half the time you do on death to america, as you do on spreading the virtues of your ideals you would probably he way farther ahead.
I posit to you that the Hippies did more to further the cause of socialism and equal rights for all, than every other communist/socialist combined, with the exception of like Vietnam, and that is with their Own government fighting tooth and nail against them.
I hear mixed things about Vietnam right now, didn't even know they were still communist, but from what i hear life is getting way better there, assuming they don't go the china "everything but slavery" workshops way.
Y'all should promote them more, hell they even outlasted the American war machine.