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8. So we're okay with authoritarian dictators...

Sun Nov 27, 2016, 11:13 AM

Nov 2016

So long as they are the RIGHT authoritarian dictators.

Fuck Fidel Castro.

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Well done Huffpo - Why Nelson Mandela Loved Fidel Castro [View all] malaise Nov 2016 OP

Apartheid is racial inequality, ronnie624 Nov 2016 #4

Whatever you call freedom is right malaise Nov 2016 #5

The word is never the same thing when imposed on others ronnie624 Nov 2016 #6

Right to the point, well said independentpiney Nov 2016 #7

Apartheid denied civil rights to 90% of the South African population... brooklynite Nov 2016 #9

They had a much lower infant mortality rate after the Revolution, ronnie624 Nov 2016 #10

No civil rights or social rights malaise Nov 2016 #14

Depends on which people you speak with malaise Nov 2016 #3

So we're okay with authoritarian dictators... Adrahil Nov 2016 #8