• Bernie Ecclestoned@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    For most of its existence, the party was split between the hardline Khalq and moderate Parcham factions, each of which claimed to represent the “true” PDPA

    Classic leftists, can always be relied upon to divide and conquer themselves

    In its final years, the party gradually moved away from Marxism–Leninism and towards Afghan nationalism

    History may not repeat, but socialism sure does rhyme every time

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/People’s_Democratic_Party_of_Afghanistan

    I prefer my sources to be balanced, yours is a touch too far I’m afraid. I’m a lazy daoist, the centre is the path.

    https://www.allsides.com/news-source/common-dreams-media-bias

    And I don’t need to read theory, theory is for the birds. Facts are what matters, and there is precisely one mildly successful communist country, Vietnam.

    One.

    • Shinhoshi@lemmygrad.ml
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      1 year ago

      “Centrist” bias is still biased.

      Do you have a mainstream biased source that refutes their comment other than “evil socialism”?