How do you respond to this? It’s not something I’ve done a lot of research into, but it seems like one of the few critiques where you just say “critical support for the USSR, we need to learn from the past mistakes the soviets made and do better the next time around.”

  • grandepequeno [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    12 days ago

    Dun matter he’s just saying shit and doesn’t know any things, tell him he knows 0 things, ask him what Kazakstan WOULD be like without the USSR and watch it say the most orientalist shit

    • Hestia [she/her, fae/faer]@hexbear.netOP
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      12 days ago

      *she

      And she’s Native American, orientalism isn’t where her concerns stem from, it’s the potential erasure of a native people’s language and way of life. Which is 100% understandable considering what her ancestors went through.