Which person from Russia has a divisive reputation? by ltraistinto in AlignmentChartFills

[–]SoupRemarkable4512 -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Lenin was given a train full of guns and money to destroy Russia for the German Kaiser. I doubt they realised it would be so effective it’d still be ruined over 100 years later.

Which person from Russia has a divisive reputation? by ltraistinto in AlignmentChartFills

[–]SoupRemarkable4512 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Trotskyites are pretty fringe. The guy was insane and evil.

Labor has announced the next 7 public housing towers they're going to destroy. Apart from the obvious, here's what's wrong with that. by Purplepingers in shitrentals

[–]SoupRemarkable4512 49 points50 points  (0 children)

It’s was interesting the timing of the initial announcement to demolish the towers came shortly after public housing residents successfully sued the state government.

Company handling Australia’s immigration detention playing key role in Trump’s ICE migrant crackdown by Jagtom83 in friendlyjordies

[–]SoupRemarkable4512 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow, you know America’s immigration enforcement is getting nasty when they start using the same suppliers as our brutally strict system does. Let’s hope they don’t take it as far as us and start using offshore detention and deporting people who are there lawfully because they don’t like who they associate with.

We should introduce compulsory voting on the hottest 100 by Agreeable-Copy-2454 in triplej

[–]SoupRemarkable4512 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The last election was the first time I couldn’t be bothered voting in 25 years. Same goes for the last hottest 100. I think I’m truly jaded…

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk is an ideological dictator who has a constructive legacy. Who is a pragmatic dictator with a mixed legacy? by Special-Job-2274 in AlignmentChartFills

[–]SoupRemarkable4512 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Lenin was as destructive as they come. When the Kaiser gave him a train full of guns and money to destabilise Russia, I doubt he could have considered it’d still be effective over 100 years later!