Of course were told that opposition to communism has always been about their lack of reverence for freedom but at the same time we've cozied up to the worst totalitarian governments as long as they let our corporations loot their resources, so the freedom thing doesn't wash.
My own belief has been for most of my life that we didn't want t…
Of course were told that opposition to communism has always been about their lack of reverence for freedom but at the same time we've cozied up to the worst totalitarian governments as long as they let our corporations loot their resources, so the freedom thing doesn't wash.
My own belief has been for most of my life that we didn't want to see an ideology that didn't coddle the wealthy gain any prominence. Since then of course we've gotten all those "Russian oligarchs" but they weren't a thing under Khrushchev and Brezhnev that I know of.
Of course were told that opposition to communism has always been about their lack of reverence for freedom but at the same time we've cozied up to the worst totalitarian governments as long as they let our corporations loot their resources, so the freedom thing doesn't wash.
My own belief has been for most of my life that we didn't want to see an ideology that didn't coddle the wealthy gain any prominence. Since then of course we've gotten all those "Russian oligarchs" but they weren't a thing under Khrushchev and Brezhnev that I know of.