Whenever I hear someone says “I have nothing to hide” I ask them to unlock their phone so I can read their text, email, look at their photos, etc. And when they don’t give me their phone I mockingly ask “What are trying to hide Jeff!” Lol

I would of said Derek Jeter.

So the majority of the Afghan people welcomed the Soviets into their country? If that’s true why was the Afghan government overthrown a few years after the Soviets left?

That’s not what I asked though. Did the majority of the Afghan people want the Soviets to intervene? Its my understanding that most Afghans didn’t want the Soviets there, given how they overthrew the government a few years after the Soviets left.

Was my definition of colonialism wrong?

That’s not what I asked.

Just so I’m clear, are you saying a majority of the Afghan people wanted the Soviets in Afghanistan? Because that’s not how I understand the situation being.

Also, was my definition of colonialism wrong?

Spreading anything by taking and maintaining control over a territory and its people is by definition, colonialism, is it not.

There’s no need to hurl insults. I think we should end the conversation between us here. I wish you the best of luck in life though 🖖

I’m not following propaganda, I lived it. My family left the Eastern block looking for a better life. I was born in West Germany myself, my mother told me the reason for that was that she had a terrible time giving birth to my older brother back home.

Hearing stories of life under Soviet control from all my family contradicts post I see here glorifying the USSR. I don’t understand why this contradiction exists, so I’m trying to ask people why they came to the conclusion that the USSR was good. And in particular here how occupying countries against their will is a good thing?

Unironically a Nazi sympathiser.

Are you calling me a Nazi sympathiser?

The USSR spread socialism by force though, did the not? Weather your spreading democracy or socialism, using tanks and violence against an occupied people seems bad to me.

Also, what about Afghanistan?

Didn’t those counties welcomed help from the USSR and the countries I mentioned not. What your saying just sounds like a different flavor of “spreading democracy” to me.

So what was the USSR doing in those places?

What’s the difference between colonialism and what the USSR did in East Germany and Afghanistan?

Yeah, but I was thinking more parents buying a console for their kids. Like oh little Jimmy can do his homework on this thing too, great I didn’t have to buy him another computer. Or imagine if Microsoft put windows on Xboxes, every office building would be full of them lol.

I think the biggest thing would be getting a PC with decent specs for $500. Why would anybody buy a Dell desktop or the like ever again? Like even if you don’t game and need to do office work it’d probably be the best option.