And how was property in Lennist states allocated? By need or given to good party members first? In the UK Unions leaders earning £70k plus live subsidized social housing whilst families earning less than £20k wait. How many homes did Castro, Stalin and Mao have?
The West has forgotten a major lesson of WW2. You don't just need to militarily defeat an opponent, you need to humiliate them. The allies and Russians did this to Germany and Japan. Changing two of the most militaristic nations in history into pacifist states.
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The movement for Irish sovereignty should not have been treated as a military adversary, despite its insurgent elements. And those two just became economic imperialists— obviously better than the death cults they were, but still (Japan’s basically part of the US empire though)
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The IRA was/is, more concerned with its drug trafficking and protection businesses than a United Ireland. Ireland has done well from the UK since 1922 as its citizens have been able to work in the UK, as if independence never happened. Hopefully that will be stopped post Brexit.
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