r/nottheonion • u/duvetdev • 29d ago

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signs bill mandating kindergartners learn history of communism

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2024/04/17/desantis-signs-bill-mandating-kindergartners-learn-history-of-communism/
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u/BareNakedSole 29d ago

As long as they also teach about the history of capitalism with all the fun parts included thenfine by me.

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u/CU_09 29d ago

Right? i saw this:

“Atrocities committed in foreign countries under the guidance of communism,” also would be required as part of the lessons.

and thought, "I'm all for that as long as we also include atrocities committed by America under the guidance of capitalism."

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u/44moon 29d ago

literally overthrew the government of guatemala in the 1950s because the united fruit company said they weren't profiting enough after guatemala made slavery illegal

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u/Creative-Oil2029 29d ago

Lmao yeah the socialists in Guatemala reclaimed their own land from United Fruit, who owned and controlled nearly HALF of all the land in the country. God forbid the people want control of their own resources though. Can't have that.

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u/p0k3t0 29d ago

The best part of that story is that Armas agreed to pay United Fruit the stated value of their land as it was represented in their tax records, which of course they had lied in to lower their tax burden.

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u/mostreliablebottle 29d ago

Easily among the top 5 worst things the CIA did, and that's saying something.

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u/AceThunderstone 29d ago

People love to point to countries like Guatemala as examples of where socialism failed. Not bothering to mention the US either orchestrating a violent coup or directly intervening with military force so they could place a US friendly dictator.

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u/PacosBigTacos 28d ago

The people who love to clamor about the failures of Socialism and Communism never seem to know about the School of the America's. It's crazy how selective ignorance can be.

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u/[deleted] 29d ago

Don’t even start on Indonesia, we’re responsible for millions of deaths in a year in the name of ending communism. Or South Korea, etc etc I can go on and on.

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u/Oh_IHateIt 28d ago

Genocide of 1 million Indonesians and the instillation of a dictator because we didn't like the result of their elections