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Wounded Bear

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19. Yeah, he was alive and awake during the 30's....

Reply to Egalitarian Thug (Reply #12)

Wed Aug 22, 2012, 11:37 AM

Aug 2012

It wasn't just "left wing" totalitarians like Stalin out there, he also saw what Mussolini and Hitler did.

The modern conservative likes to point at the Soviet Union and say, "See?" I've even seen critiques that say Hitler and Mussolini were leftists. Can't fix stupid.

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Because he saw it all happen before? n/t Egalitarian Thug Aug 2012 #12

Yeah, he was alive and awake during the 30's.... Wounded Bear Aug 2012 #19

Because he was writing about his own time? (nt) Posteritatis Aug 2012 #18

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