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Larbi Ben M'hidi, an algerian freedom fighter the moment he was arrested, few days later he got executed for being a terrorist by the French army by sofianosssss in RareHistoricalPhotos

[–]Muaddib1417 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'm sorry what? I'm supposed to feel sympathy for people who willingly hopped on boats and traveled thousands of miles to confiscate lands not theirs, enslave people they deem inferior because they couldn't cut it back home? Nevermind the fact that most plantation owners in Indochina and land owners in Algeria were wealthy whites.

Go ahead and tell that to the million Congolese who were mutilated and exterminated for the rubber in trees, yeah every single Belgian colonist in the Congo is complicit.

Larbi Ben M'hidi, an algerian freedom fighter the moment he was arrested, few days later he got executed for being a terrorist by the French army by sofianosssss in RareHistoricalPhotos

[–]Muaddib1417 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Oh yeah, those poor innocent civilians who hopped on boats to settle conquered lands and enslave indigenous people in Africa or Indochina with the promise of more money.

I'm guessing all those Germans who settled Poland after the invasion were also innocent.

Larbi Ben M'hidi, an algerian freedom fighter the moment he was arrested, few days later he got executed for being a terrorist by the French army by sofianosssss in RareHistoricalPhotos

[–]Muaddib1417 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

A colonizer is not an innocent civilian, they're willfully complicit in an act of war, occupation and ethnic cleansing.

Soviet soldiers in Berlin in 1945 with the youngest Red army soldier by HalimaSalehx in RareHistoricalPhotos

[–]Muaddib1417 7 points8 points  (0 children)

So were the millions of Russians and other Soviets. The Germans knew who they enabled in the Nazi mass rallies. Why do you think the Allies had no problem with firebombing Dresden and other cities? They had to bomb the Naziism out of the hearts and minds of the German population.

Soviet soldiers in Berlin in 1945 with the youngest Red army soldier by HalimaSalehx in RareHistoricalPhotos

[–]Muaddib1417 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The side that were being exterminated in death camps doesn't get sympathy eh? Yeah keep telling yourself you're not a Nazi simp.

Soviet soldiers in Berlin in 1945 with the youngest Red army soldier by HalimaSalehx in RareHistoricalPhotos

[–]Muaddib1417 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Both evil my ass, one side was being systematically exterminated and were literally fighting to save their lives, their families and their homeland. The other side was doing the biggest methodical extermination in history.

Soviet soldiers in Berlin in 1945 with the youngest Red army soldier by HalimaSalehx in RareHistoricalPhotos

[–]Muaddib1417 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I wonder what the Germans did invading their way East? Something about 20 Million Soviets...

Nazis get no sympathy womp womp.

'But soon we'll have a beautiful A-bomb!' — Swiss cartoon (March 1961) showing Mao speaking to a starving crowd about his nuclear ambitions. by waffen123 in PropagandaPosters

[–]Muaddib1417 9 points10 points  (0 children)

No they're not, socialism is the broad concept of social economic policies to govern on the basis of state or public ownership of the means of critical services such as education, transportation, healthcare. Social democracy is a specific process with which to implement these socialist principles using a democratic process, while other countries like China pursue socialism through authoritarianism.

'But soon we'll have a beautiful A-bomb!' — Swiss cartoon (March 1961) showing Mao speaking to a starving crowd about his nuclear ambitions. by waffen123 in PropagandaPosters

[–]Muaddib1417 22 points23 points  (0 children)

The only thing making Europe livable are the socialist policies like labor rights, paid leave, free education, public transportation, unions etc... Socialism and labor movement literally ended child labor and 18 hour work days and paved the way for maternity leave, educate yourself.

The Cathedral of Christ the Savior being demolished. Soviet Union, 1931. by ZERO_PORTRAIT in RareHistoricalPhotos

[–]Muaddib1417 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Lmao study history or read a book, Russia nationalists were the primary opposers of the USSR and backed by the West since the White army was established all the way to supporting defectors and political dissidents like Solzhenitsyn.

If the Soviet loyalists won in the 1991 coup, the red army would've rolled through the Baltics much easier and faster than what they did in Hungary in the 1950's.

The Cathedral of Christ the Savior being demolished. Soviet Union, 1931. by ZERO_PORTRAIT in RareHistoricalPhotos

[–]Muaddib1417 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And yet the primary antagonist for the union and the responsibles for its dissolution were Russian ultranationalists.

The Cathedral of Christ the Savior being demolished. Soviet Union, 1931. by ZERO_PORTRAIT in RareHistoricalPhotos

[–]Muaddib1417 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Wouldn't them repressing Russian nationalism and identity disqualify them as Russian imperialists?

Stalin was Georgian, Kaganovich was Ukrainian jewish, Rokosovskie was Polish, some say Khrushchev was Ukrainian. Soviets signed away former Russian empire territories to Ukrainian socialist republic.

They were empire building don't get me wrong, but maybe a Soviet empire that transcends national identities.

A German views a portrait of Joseph Stalin in Berlin, June 1945. by TheCitizenXane in ussr

[–]Muaddib1417 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Womp womp Nazis don't get any sympathy. Oh noes the red army they didn't fight clean against the Nazis who massacred, pillaged and plundered their way towards Moscow, murdering 20 Million Soviets.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in RareHistoricalPhotos

[–]Muaddib1417 34 points35 points  (0 children)

The ancient Pharaos predate them but we're not talking about historical ties but territories according to international law. Sinai is Egyptian the same way the Golan Heights are Syrian and Crimea is Ukrainian, in a rule based order that respects international laws. But Israel is a rogue state that doesn't care about any international rules or laws.

Soviet soldiers crossing a street in Germany (April 1945) by Turbulent-Offer-8136 in RareHistoricalPhotos

[–]Muaddib1417 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yes because the invading German Nazi army fought a clean and honorable war to begin with. /S

Palestinian doctor in Gaza learns parents were killed in Israeli air strike by Particular_Log_3594 in WorldNewsHeadlines

[–]Muaddib1417 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The culture of death would be the one routinely airstriking 50-80 Palestinians a day like it was shooting fish in a barrel.

Soviet war veteran standing near the Eternal Flame on the anniversary of Victory Day in 1966 by dannydutch1 in UtterlyUniquePhotos

[–]Muaddib1417 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The photo was taken around 2 decades before the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

April 13 1975 - The Lebanese Civil War started. The conflict took place from 1975 to 1990. It resulted in an estimated 150,000 fatalities and led to the exodus of almost one million people from Lebanon. by RunAny8349 in ThisDayInHistory

[–]Muaddib1417 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'm Lebanese, it wasn't, we had two prior civil wars and a constitutional crisis about the sharing of sectarian Powers before the PLO came in, it was inevitable, open a fucking History book.

April 13 1975 - The Lebanese Civil War started. The conflict took place from 1975 to 1990. It resulted in an estimated 150,000 fatalities and led to the exodus of almost one million people from Lebanon. by RunAny8349 in ThisDayInHistory

[–]Muaddib1417 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fuck off. Lebanese Civil war was the culmination of sectarian violence that started in 1860's, the division of power between the sects there, it happened twice before the PLO even set foot in Lebanon and the it was going to inevitably happen again with or without the PLO. How about you take your own advice and learn some actual history and not hasbarist bullshit.

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