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[–] doylio@lemmy.ca 27 points 6 months ago (11 children)

There are many examples of the left pushing blind faith in the leader (see Mao, Kim Il Sung, Stalin)

[–] Kichae@lemmy.ca 19 points 6 months ago (10 children)

There are many cases of authoritarians claiming labels that so not reflect their actions or goals, yes.

[–] doylio@lemmy.ca 11 points 6 months ago (9 children)

No true Scotsman fallacy

I'm progressive, but we should not deny the failure modes of progressivism

[–] SolarPunker@slrpnk.net 2 points 6 months ago

Stalin wasn't progressivism, actually the opposite, it was the conservative part of the party, that inspired the other dictators.

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