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generalbetrayus

(1,183 posts) Wed Aug 13, 2025, 01:34 PM Aug 13

An old Soviet joke made pertinent in America today.

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An old Soviet joke made pertinent in America today. (Original Post) generalbetrayus Aug 13 OP

Communism markodochartaigh Aug 13 #1

Too true. Don't forget RWNJs have expressed admiration for the very conservative Russian Orthodox Church, and ... eppur_se_muova Aug 13 #2

I'm old enough! to keep seeing parallels like political purges & a giant wall to keep people out (and in) Hekate Aug 13 #6

Fox News taking over our government mountain grammy Aug 13 #3

Except this incompetence is succeeding, unfortunately. erronis Aug 13 #4

somewhat similar to Hitler's popsdenver Aug 13 #5

markodochartaigh

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1. Communism

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Wed Aug 13, 2025, 01:44 PM

Aug 13

has a socialist economic component and an authoritarian political component. Authoritarian Republicans hated the socialist economic component but they admired the authoritarian political component. Now that the authoritarian wing of the Republican party has taken over their party it shouldn't be surprising that there are many parallels between the Republicans and the Soviets.

eppur_se_muova

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2. Too true. Don't forget RWNJs have expressed admiration for the very conservative Russian Orthodox Church, and ...

Reply to markodochartaigh (Reply #1)

Wed Aug 13, 2025, 01:59 PM

Aug 13

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... its pliancy towards Russian political leaders. Remember, the Tsar ruled over the clergy, and they've kept that tradition. So parallels go back to Tsarist days.

ETA: GOPers under Ford and Reagan regarded Solzhenitsyn as almost a saint because he opposed the CPSU, but he wanted to go back to an older Russia where the Russian Orthodox Church held a great deal of power, backed by the rulers. He eventually backed Putin, and vehemently opposed Ukrainian independence.

Hekate

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6. I'm old enough! to keep seeing parallels like political purges & a giant wall to keep people out (and in)

Reply to markodochartaigh (Reply #1)

Wed Aug 13, 2025, 04:41 PM

Aug 13

I keep saying “How very Soviet of the GOP” — — it’s just horrifying.

Political purges, killing off the merit-based Civil Service, political minders, militarized borders with peaceful allies, propaganda, rewriting history — it just goes in and on and on.