u/Outside_Bug6347 - originally from r/GenZhou
Got banned from other subreddits for this but here I go again. I consider myself a socialist, very pro Cuba, Vietnam and Laos, highly critical of Stalin and Moa but sympathetic to modern day China. Even though I have qualms with Moa (cultural revolution was a bit of a flop but I know that wasn’t his fault entirely and it had positives) and after reading a lot of work in the gulags Stalin did seem to be overly authoritarian though he did raise quality of life for many people. My main problem with this sort of modern communist Reddit community is the defence of North Korea. I do not think North Korea is defensible, South Koreans enjoy a quality of life that is clearly higher and it’s almost impossible for me to wrap my brain around anyone defending that regime. Thoughts?
u/aimixin - originally from r/GenZhouIf you are pro-Cuba and anti-DPRK then you are very confused.
Your point about quality of life is a strange one. The country has been a target of the strongest sanctions in the worlds. It seems weird to condemn a country for being kept in poverty by imperialist powers, and then praise an imperialist colony for having more wealth flooded into it. Is that really your only reasoning?