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I only have the US imperialist perspective here, but how is vietnam these days? This meme seems to support her, but from my understanding the South Vietnam govt were the good guys. Obv thats american teaching so OF COURSE the communist north is evil, but I want to know more than that propaganda. Beyond the fact that they have a different (and given the current state of capitalism, likely more succesful) form of government(thats not the right word. Economics?), was there actually a decent argument to be made that either side was "the good guys"?
I recently visited Vietnam. As far as I could tell, young people are educated, I saw no homeless people, nobody asked me for cash. I felt safe at all times. Buildings seemed up to code. The insane inequality that you will see in places like India, Thailand or even some places in Europe (London cough cough) were nowhere to be seen.
I understand that Vietnam is still a developing economy, and that it's still a poor country. I understand that there might be issues with freedom of speech and political participation. But my conclusion is that they're doing a ton of things absolutely right, in ensuring that their people get access to basic necessities and industrializing in a controlled way.