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Daily reminder that ALL atrocities are bad. Yes, even of your favorite polity (media.piefed.social)
submitted 3 hours ago by FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1795380/daily-reminder-that-all-atrocities-are-bad-yes-even-of-your-favorite-polity

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[–] ogy@fedia.io 1 points 36 minutes ago

Isn't that exactly the point of the person on the top right? They're defending against the "Communism bad" stance, by trying to communicate that it isn't exactly a fair stance when talking about atrocities as it's always powerful, authoritarian nutcases doing them. It's not like it's part of the communist agenda to be fucking horrible.

[–] ImgurRefugee114@reddthat.com 7 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

I believe the scientific consensus among historical anthropologists is, and I quote in an Australian accent for some reason:

"we're a right bunch of dickheads we sure are now, ain't we"

[–] Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net 1 points 50 minutes ago* (last edited 49 minutes ago)

Actually, it's the exact opposite.

Humans are a communal species who, if not for the arbitrary social institutions which sprang up within the last 5000 years of humanity's 120000 years on this planet that incentivize us to go against our nature, have an unending capacity for empathy and solidarity. If we didn't, we never would have formed communities to begin with.

Read Graeber, famed historical anthropologist who wrote two entire books on this very subject.

[–] raman_klogius@ani.social 3 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

USA's CIA had toppled a lot of democratically elected governments and replaced them with brutal authoritarian regimes that lasted decades. Basically they let the natives of respective countries do the killings.

[–] FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 hours ago

Yes that is bad, and it does not excuse anyone else’s atrocities.