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cm0002@lemdro.id to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 month ago

TIL About the Jeju Massacre, where South Korean forces wiped out 10 percent of the island of Jeju for the crime of organizing a General Strike

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TIL About the Jeju Massacre, where South Korean forces wiped out 10 percent of the island of Jeju for the crime of organizing a General Strike

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cm0002@lemdro.id to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 month ago
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    USA and brutal dictatorships, name a more iconic duo!

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      Russia and brutal dictatorships? They’re both up there

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        Lets just say “superpowers and brutal dictatorships”.

        Whoevers dominating in a period in history generally didn’t get there by advocating for peace and self determination.

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      North Korea and brutal dictatorship

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        How many regimes did NK install themselves?

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      Democracy has been a relatively recent form of government in the grand scheme of things.

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        The way the US has been acting, they never seemed to think that democracy is a good form of government, either.

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        The Ancient Greeks would like several words.

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