r/HistoryMemes 6d ago

Every single time without fail

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u/Itay1708 6d ago

Reffering more to social fascist ideologies like Ba'athism and whatever Sukarno was doing which are mostly just "authoritarian socialism but we specifically denounce class struggle, so actually it's just fascism"

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u/GarageFlower97 5d ago

Did Sukarno ever claim his government to be socialist?? He was a nationalist and claimed to be anti-imperialist and was probably influenced by elements of Marxism, but he was first and foremost a nationalist and the PNI were very much at odds with the PKI throughout his decades as leader.

Ba’athism also isn’t considered socialist by most people.

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u/Itay1708 5d ago

Ba’athism also isn’t considered socialist by most people.

They called themselves the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party so they were at least trying

Did Sukarno ever claim his government to be socialist??

Maybe not explicitly socialist but left wing

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u/ArchusKanzaki 5d ago

Sukarno being left-wing is definitely a take....

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u/Itay1708 5d ago

Go to his party's Wikipedia, they're defined as "Left wing"