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[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago

I can discuss in-depth with you if you'd like, but Blackshirts and Reds is the perfect book for you. AES is by no means a fantasy wonderland, but it is a dramatic improvement on existing conditions. The Kuomintang and the Tsars were more brutal than the Communists, and that brutality lasted for centuries.