1312throwaway

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   by 1312throwaway 4y ago

   Well into the 21st century, the people of Afghanistan, Iraq, Kurdistan or Libya may have a lot to say about the respective capitalist overlords who invaded them. The people of capitalist Mexico are still mourning their "disappeared&quo
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   by 1312throwaway 4y ago

   I almost forgot a more recent and shocking example well after WWII. The general strike of October 17th 1961 [0] called upon by the Algerian FLN as a demonstration for independence... Dozens of thousands joined, and hundreds were drowned by
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   by 1312throwaway 4y ago

   This is a gross misrepresentation of the history of capitalism. In the western world, calling on the army to stop a workers uprising was a common feat up to WWII and some variation of that still occurs frequently in France via the gendarmer