one doesn't have to love capitalism to live in a capitalist country. And regardless, I'm a democratic socialist. I believe in things like universal healthcare, livable wages, affordable housing and transport.

I just choose not to ignore the evils committed by communism in practice.

Vietnam is communist only insofar as it's a one-party state with a lot of state ownership of services. the driving force of the economy is private, capitaist enterprise and hence the reason why it's sliding further into modernity. As for why I'm here, I love the people, food, and excitement.

Nah, my grandfather was a dirt-poor truck driver born in Northern Ireland in 1916.

You're the only person I'll bother replying to: that was a pretty good one.

My circle of people in real life is fairly small for obvious reasons, I just know that the people leading these conversations online are causing way more harm than good.

It's akin to saying the swastika is just a symbol of European unity. It's absurd, head-in-the-sand refusal to accept historical fact.

And the swastika is just a Buddist/Hindu symbol for good fortune. Just because you refuse to acknowledge a combination of barbarity and incompetence led to the deaths of tens of millions of people doesn't change the symbol's significance.

Please enlighten me on the real history. Whitewashed is a hilarious term to use given the central power involved was the Soviet Union lol. I live in Vietnam, and I'm from Ireland. I'm not American.

Cheers mate

Heads up mate, your ma says your supper is ready upstairs

Where do I live?

Ok, sir. As a coward unwilling to put your real name or picture on the internet, you definitely deserve my respect.

I'm neither American nor convinced America is a "good" guy

The best historical analogy for the current climate on the left is Mao's Cultural Revolution. Student-led, fueled by the most dangerous human emotion (resentment), Ideologues at its center, stripping society of its past, zero tolerance for dissent.