Well this aged poorly didn't it?
this post was submitted on 05 Dec 2023
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Probably it wasn't a great contemporary look, either.
That dude looks like an overblown caricature of a 1970s British communist.
Let's starve millions of brits through absolute ass political projects
Well the Brits had no problems doing it to the Irish.
Let's starve millions of irish through absolute ass political projects
FTFY
19th century Brits: "Surely the Free Market(tm) will correct this massive humanitarian disaster!"
The Free Market: [does nothing]
19th century Brits: [surprised Pikachu face]
Or Indians or Bangladeshis, etc.
Generally speaking Britain LOVES genocide, So long as it serves their purpose.
- The Conservative party 2010-2024
At first I read that as "Millions of birds" and was thinking of the Four Pests Campaign
Absolute fools in hindsight.
How many of these weekend warrior party animals would have survived the aftermath of The Great Sparrow Campaign and then The Cultural Revolution, one wonders. Or how their perception of things would be changed if they had lived through anything like that double sucker punch.
Well there is 1 thing Mao got right
Landlords?
Landlords.