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  • RyanGosling [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    1 month ago

    Ho Chi Minh was inspired by the US’ declaration of independence and even included its opening lines of everyone being created equal in the Vietnamese Declaration of Independence, and for that, the US slaughtered his countrymen.

    • Droplet [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      Right after their independence, both Mao and Fidel actually preferred the US as an ally than the USSR. Of course, the US would not allow it and turn them over to the Soviets instead.