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why are .mls and grad.mls like that? (lemmy.wtf)

submitted 2 days ago by IAMgROOT@lemmy.wtf to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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west west bad big bad very bad stalin good lenin good ignore starvation ignore deaths ignore everything just read state and revolution bro

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[–] MousePotatoDoesStuff@piefed.social 11 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Because social media is where nuance goes to die - and that applies to both MLs and us.

A lot of them overcorrect from falling for capitalist propaganda into falling for USSR propaganda

For example, about North Korea. Claims about it are probably exaggerated to some degree, but I sincerely doubt it's secretly the success story at least one ML I had the displeasure of talking to seems to believe it to be.

The truth is nuanced. Nuance is hard. Blaming everything on the West is easy.

On the other hand, MLs themselves are also more nuanced than we often give them credit.

Unfortunately, like nuance, communication is also hard. Especially in hot-headed situations like this.

[–] AskewLord@piefed.social 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

when there is nuance on social media, each side tries to paint the nuanced view as being really the oppositions view and seek to discredit or acknowledge the complexity of the issue as being 'propaganda' of the other side.