Prior to the Indonesian genocide of the 1960s, where the CIA installed a military dictatorship that the lives of millions, the country’s communist party technically did warn about the peril. The problem was that this warning had been made in a reactive way, and therefore wasn’t nearly enough to prepare the people to fight back.

Not always 100% with Shea but worth reading

  • Maoo [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    7 months ago

    Right? I thought I had just read the introduction and then it just… ended. I seriously thought it was going to be 7X longer and I was prematurely judging by taking a critical note of his “early” statements. But… those were all of his statements lol