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May 18 • 2 tweets • 1 min read • Read on X
This communist cited a book to prove Stalin loved Christianity and the Church. The book says Stalin wanted to eradicate the church on page 10… Image
Churches declined under Stalin. The author recounts heavy “persecution” during these years.

Why don’t communists read their own sources? Image

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PraxBen, but I am tired of ts Profile picture
Apr 16
It’s about time I debunked this. This meme is extremely wrong on almost every point. I am going to address the actual points and then address whether or not China is socialist 🧵
"All land and natural resources in China are owned by the Communist Party of China (with the exception of some farmland; which is owned collectively). Land in China can only be leased, not owned."
This is technically accurate. Under China's Constitution (Article 10) and Property Law, urban land is state-owned, while rural/suburban land is typically owned by collectives.
However, ownership on paper does not mean everything. In Nazi Germany, factories were “private” on paper, while the government controlled all aspects of production. This was something called “de facto socialism”. China has the opposite in many areas. Land is “owned” by the state on paper, but private owners are able to make many free decisions for their own profit. We will get back to this.
"68% of China’s GDP in 2023 was generated by State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs). SOEs own 60% of China’s total assets as of 2021."
One source tied to this data notes SOE operating income at ¥85.73 trillion (~68% of GDP), but this confuses revenue (gross sales, which can include intermediates and overlaps) with value-added GDP contribution. Private firms contribute 60% of China’s GDP, and are responsible for 70% of innovation, 80% of urban employment and provide 90% of new jobs. Private wealth is also responsible for 70% of investment and 90% of exports.

en.moj.gov.cn/2025-05/08/c_1…
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PraxBen, but I am tired of ts Profile picture
Nov 21, 2025
I want to address the most common right-wing critique of capitalism. A lot of people say capitalism destroys morality, hollows out our human connections, and pits prosperity against culture. They argue that you can either have a rich society or a virtuous one, but not both.

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This is the deterioration hypothesis: Markets may make us richer, but they also make up morally colder. They ruin relationships and social cohesion overall.
Lauren Southern said: “Capitalism is indifferent to morality… if you are a nation that has lost God, capitalism becomes the devil’s playground.”
Sarah Stock said globalization strips us from meaningful work: “You used to buy your chair from the guy down the street… there’s a lot more meaning in that connection.”
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PraxBen, but I am tired of ts Profile picture
May 4, 2025
RTSG commies have been slandering and attacking Saint Nicholas II on this point for a few weeks now. Time to show that the Tsar not only “didn’t do anything about” this issue, but he did far more than the Bolsheviks ever did to protect young girls and prostitutes🧵 Image
Contrary to what RTSG claim, late Imperial Russia criminalized the sexual exploitation of minors, often more harshly than modern states. Here's what the laws and records actually say:
In the late 1800s, Russia had a regulated prostitution system. Only women over 16 could register (raised to 18 by 1903). Procuring or trafficking underage girls was explicitly criminal.
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PraxBen, but I am tired of ts Profile picture
Apr 30, 2025
Weirdo communists love to cite this article as evidence that the Holodomor never happened. Let’s debunk it point-by-point. 🧵
“the Holodomor hoax of 1932-33… was invented by the West in close cooperation with Nazi Germany and pro-Nazi Ukrainian nationalists”
This is sheer propaganda. In reality millions died in the 1932–33 famine, a tragedy now well‑documented by archives. Leading scholars agree Stalin’s requisition orders and blockades caused the famine (Applebaum 2017; Kulchytsky 2018). It was not a Western “invention”. Every credible study finds the famine was real, not a manufactured myth.
“Articles… described the horrific famine… Thomas Walker had never visited the Ukraine… he had never existed”
This falsehood ignores the abundant evidence of real famine survivors and documents. Multiple independent witnesses (not a fictional reporter) described mass starvation. The existence or not of “Walker” does nothing to refute those records. Historians have since confirmed the reality of the famine by digging into Soviet archives and village testimonies (Applebaum 2017; Kulchytsky 2018).
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