Multiheaded comments on George Orwell's Prelude on Politics Is The Mind Killer - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 01 April 2012 12:18:21AM 9 points [-]

I don't see any liberals gushing about how unfairly e.g. Fidel Castro is being treated, or how the Viet Cong were all righteous and noble freedom fighters who only wanted peace and treated enemies with respect

Well they certainly exist, expecially in Hollywood.

Comment author: Multiheaded 01 April 2012 12:51:01AM *  1 point [-]

By the way, here in Russia it is mostly reactionary/nationalist/authoritarian types that express disapproval at any suggestion of regime change, either external or internal, in places like Cuba. It seemingly doesn't matter much to them what kind of dictatorship it is, as long as it continues to exist and spite the 1st world nations. (Yes, I'm biased as hell against them.)

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 01 April 2012 01:39:43AM 4 points [-]

That doesn't surprise me in the least.

Comment author: [deleted] 01 April 2012 01:38:15AM *  -2 points [-]

You mean to say Russia isn't 1st world? When was there a 1st and 2nd world in the first place? I thought "third world" was a reference to a "third party", not an attempt to actually order parts of the world in the shape of some list. For one thing, that would be rather insulting for whoever is the 2nd world, wouldn't you agree?

Comment author: TimS 01 April 2012 01:53:40AM *  9 points [-]

1st World - Capitalists
2d World - Communists
3rd World - The places where puppet games were played (particularly former colonies).