Posted on 10/08/2021 2:59:56 AM PDT by MtnClimber
There is little evidence that Marxists attempt to make life better for their people.
In communist Yugoslavia, where I lived for a year, Marshall Tito claimed at least 34 villas as his "home," though officially all were "owned" by the state. Many of these palatial homes were seized from the nation's former royalty, the Karađorđević family. Just like communists everywhere, Tito appropriated both the properties and the lifestyle of his predecessors. As far as ordinary Yugoslavs were concerned, the only difference was that the communists were more brutal than the royals. of Yugoslavia
In reality, the "vanguard of the proletariat," as Marx called them, live like members of a royal court headed by a monarch. Like Ceaușescu in Romania or the Kim family in North Korea, Marxists everywhere construct huge palaces while working people go hungry. Their goal is to perpetuate their rule and secure it through spending on internal security (whose purpose is not national defense but defense of the ruling family or leadership).
A nearby example is communist Cuba, where Fidel Castro amassed a fortune estimated at between $500 million and $900 million while his brother Raul possessed $100 million. Fidel's son Antonio was photographed vacationing on his yacht in the Aegean in 2015, where he lived in luxury while his countrymen lived on $20 a month. There is speculation as to the net worth of Cuba's current president, Miguel Díaz-Canel and as to how much he may amass in the future.
Marxist disdain for one's people is not the exception — it's the rule for all communist leaders and their families. Vladimir Putin, who has been variously compared to Stalin, Brezhnev, and the Russian tsars, has amassed a fortune at between $70 and $200 billion, according to recent estimates.
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Hugo Chavez was worth an 2+ billion at the time of his death and his daughter is probably still living in the presidential manor she refused to vacate. Man of the people Fidel Castro was reputed to be, at one time, one of the more wealthy men in the world . All while Cuba wallowed in poverty
I keep saying, the only good communist, is a……..well, you know. 😀🤗
Ahhh.... It’s a good thing history is taught in public schools...
The only reason Ernesto “Che” Guevara embraced Communism was because it made it easy for him to pick up chicks (and he couldn’t dance or play the guitar).
Communist Elitism = Democrat Party
He’s not the only one they own.
Fang Fang grins
The only difference between what the current generation of “progressives” want and the feudalism of 1000 years ago is that, except for in San Francisco, the peasants of today don’t live in quite as much filth as then. They at least agreed to share indoor plumbing.
They see themselves as the “elite” who are entitled to live in luxury at the expense of everyone else. The word “progressive” is one of the biggest lies in politics today.
That, and he deep down loved killing people, especially defenseless people.
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