[SolarCross]

Sorry, I don't want to be rude, but isn't your avatar Augusto Pinochet Ugarte, the brutal dictator who repressed Chile for nearly two decades and became a notorious symbol of human rights abuse and corruption, and whose government murdered and tortured thousands during his repressive 17-year rule? If that's who you admire, I'm not totally surprised you think McCarthyism was wicked cool.

Pinochet saved Chile from a terrible fate. You can no more treat Communists gently (they'll never reciprocate anyway and they always do worse if you let them win) than you can treat cancer with hugs and kisses, you have to cut it out and kill it.

[Pants-of-dog]

Lol. You changed your avatar just to try and get my goat.

But Pinochet is a good example of how the US has usually approached socialism.

First they told a lie about how the evil Russian communists were responsible. They were not, as the KGB’s own declassified documents show.

Then they told a lie about how Allende was oppressive and dangerous. He was not, and the KGB papers again show this.

Then they supported a right wing dictatorship that tortured and killed children. Of course, they had to actually destroy a democracy to do that.

And finally, they profited immensely from the dictatorship, which was the actual point all along.

And this is why I think the US fear of socialism is based almost solely on propaganda from the Cold War.

[SolarCross]

@Pants-of-dog
I don't care about your narratives, believe what you like.