Yes, after it was peaceful, it escalated. Peace was the first option, and then the dictator started murdering people. Pretending “just asking” gets dramatic change is horrible, especially when your own referenced article said it was “terribly one-sided.”

There’s no use talking to someone who supports slaughter of schoolchildren like you.

Gwang-Ju was peaceful, and the government slaughtered them. You keep pretending violence was the first choice, when peace was. Like I said, you have no idea what you’re talking about, and spit on the graves of schoolchildren murdered by Chun Doo-Hwan.

1987 only happened because the years preceding 1987 happened, and you insult the Korean people by lying about their history.

Like I said, you have no concept of time, everything is a static event for you, devoid of context. 1987 wasn’t the first time South Koreans fought against a dictatorship, and had been slaughtered for peaceful protests. Just because eventually the government conceded doesn’t mean it wasn’t paid for in civilian blood.

You have no idea what you’re talking about, and insult the Korean people who gave their lives, and insult the families of those who died.

They had already asked peacefully, and were slaughtered for doing so. The change was a cumulative effort with deep contextual history, and didn’t happen in a vacuum.

You have *no idea" what you’re talking about.

The Gwang-Ju protests were a pro-democracy protest against the dictator Chun Doo-Hwan. You have no idea what you’re talking about and are erasing the very real historical impact of the massacre.

Ah yes, peaceful, if you erase the Gwang-ju Massacre and other atrocities committed by “The Butcher” Chun Doo-Hwan.

The rights enjoyed by South Koreans were fought for with the blood of workers and students spilled by their own government and Capitalists. Don’t erase them.

No, I’m not. I am saying you are taking an abstract, idealist analysis that misses real historical motivations.

No, slavery was abolished because of technological progress and changes in Mode of Production. I’m thinking in a Historical Materialist perspective, there wasn’t a random beaming of empathy in humanity.

Lots of history proves that humans behaved differently based on the economic system in place. Why do you believe slavery has largely been abolished? Did humans suddenly change their minds about it?

Humans change quite a bit depending on Mode of Production, which shapes culture and norms.

War is a necessity as long as Imperialism remains the dominant contradiction in the world, we need to move beyond Capitalism to move beyond war.

Good news. Hopefully the bloodshed can be ended as soon as possible.

Problematic to stop genocide? Reflect on what you just said, that’s monstrous.

Sure! Are there any that interest you? There are many genres and types.

4.41 stars on Goodreads is one of the highest scores.

What are we selling? The work is free and in the public domain.

I absolutely can acknowledge the real existing struggles faced by AES states, and can offer contextualization or explanation of how we can avoid making the same mistakes. What’s more evident than anything is that you don’t actually know what those struggles really were, so you throw it all under the banner of “COMMUNISM BAD,” which I can’t engage with.

If you ask me about a specific event, time period, action, etc. we can have an actual dialogue. Failing all else, I recommend you read Blackshirts and Reds by Dr. Michael Parenti, he takes a critical eye towards the successes and failures of the Soviet Union in a way that analyzes what actually happened there.

Eventually the real world will let you know that Marxists are right, yet again.

Both Wage Labor and Capital and Wages, Price, and Profit are free, as well as excellent for beginners with no experience in economics (though it’s easier to understand if you’ve at least taken a high-school or college level economics course).

Unlike Capitalists, Communists advocate for moving beyond the profit motive 😉

You can’t answer what you’re talking about, you can’t explain which of the things I’ve said is misinformation nor why that is, all you do is call others “Russian Bots” or “Commies” like a 1960s American McCarthyite.

What do you mean? How do you keep using money after moving to a fully publicly owned, planned economy? You will still use tokens to exchange for goods from the public, but it wouldn’t be tradeable with others to prevent accumulation and profit.