• SoyViking [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    I wouldn't say they are forgotten, they are dragged out once in a while as examples of the big bad leftist bogeyman.

    • GreenDream [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      Governments quaked in fear from them. I wouldn't call them bogeyman, I'd call them an influential part of a nation's polity. Officials knew they could get killed if they got out of line too far. Honestly governments living in fear of the people is a better outcome than what we have today.

      They're forgotten because nobody wants to bring up the idea to inspire today's youth that it can be done.

      • SoyViking [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Back in the day they made governments afraid but today they are just used as an example of the "fascist methods" of the left by centrists pushing horseshoe theory.