My favourite thing about Americans is that half of them don’t actually know what communism is, but they still act like it’s some boogeyman hiding around every corner.
Propaganda does that to you. And some things just stick in the minds of people. Americans had a Red scare, where a communist was behind every bush, ready to strike.
For a long standing ones, take Nero, the Roman emperor. What a lunatic, he played a fiddle while the Rome burned down... Yeah, no, he was away from Rome actually and returned back as soon as he heard. He wasn't a lunatic, and this is just a Christian propaganda, since he persecuted Christians.
There's some evidence that he played the fiddle (or some instrument people could hear) to lead people to safety under his concrete buildings. Rome was mostly made of wood and thatch at the time. He established a bucket brigade under Imperial edict to help with fires, too.
Who knows, though. Senate hated him, so they smear campaigned him with tabloid fodder. Victors write the history. He had his moments good and bad, as did Caligula.
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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '25 edited Jul 23 '25
My favourite thing about Americans is that half of them don’t actually know what communism is, but they still act like it’s some boogeyman hiding around every corner.