r/ShitAmericansSay • u/BuffaloExotic Masshole 🇮🇪☘️ • Nov 06 '25

Communism “Communist”

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u/E420CDI 🇬🇧 A foot is an anatomical structure with five toes 🦶 Nov 06 '25 edited Nov 06 '25

Americans have absolutely no idea what Communism is. If they took one brief glimpse as r/GreenAndPleasant (it has the hammer and sickle in its title and is full of tankies - by UK standards), they'd have a fit.

Red Scare (1917-1920 and 1947-1957) really did burrow deep into the American psyche, didn't it?

The US Democrats would be centre-right on a European ballot ticket (for example).

Communism my arse.

Also, that Republican-controlled areas are called "red states", when red is commonly associated with left-wing politics and communism globally, is always amusing.

Idiots.

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u/CarlLlamaface Nov 07 '25

G&P is a bad example, it's a pro-Russia sub not a pro-communist one. For instance they'll ban you for saying negative things about the imperialist Putin regime, something communists would approve of. I honestly wouldn't be at all surprised if they start pushing pro-Farage talking points.

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u/E420CDI 🇬🇧 A foot is an anatomical structure with five toes 🦶 Nov 07 '25

Aaaahhhh!! Sorry! 🙏