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[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 7 points 2 weeks ago

They want the 1917 Russian Revolutions without the 60 years of thankless groundwork that preceded it.

They don't care about what actually causes change - they just want the aesthetic of change. Which goes a long way to explain why they simp for the Soviet Union and PRC so hard.