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Are you a "tankie"? (2025 edition)
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So having all of Europe drenched in blood by Napoleon was an improvement? And you conveniently forgot the terror. Similar things could be said about your other examples. The rest is just assertions without evidence so I'll have to pull Hitchens' razor.
-Mark Twain
In the end, moving beyond feudalism to capitalism was progressive, just as moving on beyond capitalism to socialism was and is progressive. This is rarely bloodless, but it pales in comparison to the daily violence of the present system.
Secondly, I did offer evidence upon request, I find when I just dump sources people tune out. If you have specific questions, I can back them up with answers and evidence, otherwise the lack of evidence applies just as much to you.
Neocon Iraq war supporting Christopher Hitchens? weems like a weird guy to quote if you're opposed to the state murdering people but ok
Literally all of your claims have been assertions without evidence