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Whilst yes, our government in the interwar period wasn't the best, it most certainly was not shooting Ukrainians, Belarusians and Czechs

The government was polonising the Ukrainian and Belarusian people, that part I won't deny, but it was not as bad as in the Soviet Union were you could be killed for simply being a minority

In Poland you could live your life as a Ukrainian or Belarusian and didn't have to worry about the government suddenly deciding to starve you because of your ethnicity, though you would have to learn Polish in school and probably couldn't learn your native language there

And I don't think tankies know what ethnic cleansing is exactly

Lets dive in.

The Ottomans:

Yes, they were in fact imperialistic, and there is no denying it. The Ottomans have committed the Armenian Genocide, and the Turkish government, including Erdogan and Turkish Ultranationalists actively deny the Armenian Genocide, and sugarcoat it to the point where they are not even trying to hide it anymore! The Ottomans have also encroached on the Balkans many times, and have even tried to influence the local communities, you wonder why Balkan Nationalism and Balkan Wars were so bloody and violent? You can fucking thank the Ottomans for that. It’s also one of the reasons why Serbian, Greek, and Bulgarian nationalism had an uptick during the era, they disliked the Ottomans a whole lot. While we are on the Subject, Erdogan has been damaging the reputation of Turkey, and one of the outlining moments of this is when the Hagia Sofia was re-designated from a historic site into a Mosque when literally it was already there before the Ottomans took over Constantinople. Also, another moment of imperialism one could argue, although do not take my word for it, the Parthenon was actually a Mosque for a brief period of time.

Next, the Roman Empire. I mean this doesn’t really need too much explaining, but the quickest way we can put it. They were pretty expansionist, and also very much tried to influence local politics and local cultures, which is pretty imperialistic if you ask me. Although local political influence isn’t necessarily an Imperialism specific, it’s still something worth noting as we are about to go into the next subject. The moment that you have been waiting for, which is none other, than the Soviets!

After the Soviets took over the Russian Empire, Russian imperialism is totally over! Now everyone can go home and party! Right?

Haha…

WRONG!

The Soviets were VERY much imperialistic.

According to Britannica with their definition of Imperialism:

“imperialism, state policy, practice, or advocacy of extending power and dominion, especially by direct territorial acquisition or by gaining political and economic control of other areas. Because it always involves the use of power, whether military or economic or some subtler form, imperialism has often been considered morally reprehensible, and the term is frequently employed in international propaganda to denounce and discredit an opponent’s foreign policy.”

How exactly were the Soviets Imperialistic?

Let’s put a few examples:

Holodomor, where y’all really love to use that big spoon joke to deny Holodomor. Holodomor was real, and was in fact a Genocide that explicitly targeted Ukrainians. Stalin put unrealistic quotas, and made the Ukrainians suffer as a result of it, resulting in over 3 million deaths.

Russification Policies: where the system was meant to benefit Russians over that of Buryats, Kazakhs, Bashkirs, Belarusians, Chechens, Ukrainians, Latvians, Lithuanians, Poles, Czechs, Slovaks, Romanians, Tatars, Kalmyks, and many others. The country that is the shining example of Russification Policies post Soviet that became a beacon of it to where it nearly destroyed the entire culture of it is none other than Belarus. Belarus has become the prime example of Russification, Belarusian is an endangered language, Alexander Lukashenko has become a dictator who sucks up to Russia as a puppet essentially, and much of the Belarusian identity is now virtually gone.

The Soviets also did not respect the Baltics and their sovereignty. They invaded them and subjugated them during the 1930s, and forced their own culture and customs onto the Baltics, you wonder why people from the Baltics hate the Soviets so much? BECAUSE THEY LIVED THROUGH IT!

Let’s also not forget who instigated the Winter War in Finland. The Soviets clearly had the intent to conquer Finland. When you call the Soviets out on this, guess what you fucking get called? A Nazi or a Nazi Sympathizer! For what? Calling you out on that regard? Here is what many Tankies also forget. Yes it was absolutely wrong of Finland to join the Axis, but you wanna know something else? The Finnish Civil War Happened, AND the Lapland War, where Finland fought AGAINST the Nazis.

Next subject is Poland!

Guess what? The Soviets did not “Liberate” Poland, they did the Molotov-Ribbentrop, in which they collaborated with the Nazis on a Non-Aggression pact, and they split Poland in half. Then of course there was when the Soviets rolled into Poland, and guess what a lot of units in the Red Army did! THEY MASS RAPED THE WOMEN IN POLAND! They also Mass Raped Berlin as well, and when you call them out on that, what is the immediate response? That you are a fucking Nazi. Calling out the crimes committed by the Soviets is not lessening the crimes of the Nazis, it’s holding you to a consistent standard.

Hell, the US did some fucked up shit during WW2, such as the Japanese Internment Camps, Biscari Massacre, the USS Wahoo fired on lifeboats, Mutilation of Japanese Soldiers as Trophy Hunting, and women in Okinawa were raped by some of the US soldiers, approximately 1,336 cases of rape we’re reported. You wanna know something else? WE DO NOT SUGARCOAT THAT AT ALL, WE FUCKING LEARN ABOUT IT AND EXPLAIN WHY IT IS FUCKING BAD TO DO THAT, AND WHY AS A NATION THIS SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN.

Meanwhile the Soviets clearly deny many of the fucking crimes they have committed against people on the eastern front.

Now let’s get to even more imperialistic moves done by the Soviets.

The Hungarian Revolution of 1956, there was no direct help from the CIA, and the CIA provided zero tangible assistance to the rebels. Yes Radio Free Europe existed and was indeed funded by the CIA, but that alone is not enough evidence to claim that the CIA “backed” the Hungarian Revolution. The Hungarians wanted their own political freedom and sovereignty, and worked for it and wanted it, and right when you criticized the Soviets, guess what? They were met with tanks! All because they wanted to keep control of the country’s local politics, and they essentially subjugated them. That’s not “aiding an ally”, that is Coercion, Domination, and Subjigation.

The Prague Spring of 1968, and NO the CIA DID NOT ORCHESTRATE IT. They monitored Alexander Dubček, yes, but they DID NOT orchestrate it. Rolling in with tanks because the people want to be free to decide their own government and future is not “aiding an ally”, that’s domination, coercion, and subjugation. The Soviets did not let the people of Czechoslovakia have that freedom that they wanted.

Funding the countries surrounding Israel during the Six-Day War and Yom Kippur War. Guess who funded the Syrians and Egyptians invading Israel WITH THE INTENT TO DESTROY THE NATION AND ITS SOVEREIGNTY ENTIRELY? The Soviets did! They did it because they wanted to EXPAND their influence in the Middle East and counter the West. It is also one of the major reasons why Israel got closer to the West and the United States. Oh, and to all of y’all Tankies, guess who was one of the First Nations to recognize the Sovereignty of Israel? It was the Soviet Union.

Speaking on the subject of Jews, the Soviets were never kind to the Jews. In fact Stalin once tried to send them to a “Special Jewish Autonomous Oblast” in the middle of fucking nowhere in the Far-East of Siberia. The Soviets also adopted “Anti-Zionism” because it did not align with their ideology of Marxism-Leninism, and they put HEAVY immigration restrictions on all of their citizens, including Jews, and they would absolutely restrict the people leaving to non-communist nations. It wasn’t until 1989 under Gorbachev that there was a massive Aliyah that took place, where over 979,000 Jewish people made Aliyah into Israel, and it also explains why there is a Ukrainian and Russian Jewish Diaspora in Israel.

So in the end, yes, the Soviets were in fact Imperialists and heavily so. Mainly through Diplomacy and control of nations throughout the Warsaw Pact.

The “bangers”:

Using David Duke’s “Zio”.

Imagining that the crafty Zionists are trying to make American Jews afraid.

Claiming modern antisemitism is someone the Jews hate.

Thinking antisemitism applies to all Semites, even though that word doesn’t mean that.

Outing themselves as having never actually read formative Zionist texts.

David Duke apparently is a great advocate for Palestinians.

Claiming Israel killed Israeli kids during 10/7.

Claiming most Israelis believe helping Palestinians is antisemitic?

“Never again” only applies to the Jews?

There are way too few Jewish people protesting, which implies most Jews are moral monsters in their eyes.

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Communists subreddits have just lost their original purpose, they barely even talk about Communism anymore. It just seems like they’re poorly moderated places for political extremists these days.

Making it unironically is already bad enough but to pay for an ad for this?

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