• TreadOnMe [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    10 days ago

    People argue that they helped end the Vietnam war, but they are ignoring that the Vietnamese are the ones who ended the Vietnam War, demonstrating their effective control of the countryside during the Tet Offensive.

    Mostly what this movement did was sell clothing, books, music and movies.

    Edit: and pretend that ‘real communism’ is when you do utopian socialism on a compound in the woods.

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      Mostly what this movement did was sell clothing, books, music and movies.

      Which invests bourgeoisie into your movement as their eyes turn into dollar signs.

      These colour revolution projects can be compared to startups in a way, except the CIA are usually the first of the angel investors.