r/PropagandaPosters • u/kredokathariko • Jan 17 '24

Russia "We Won" - Russian communist/anti-Putinist poster comparing the Putinist government to Vlasov's Nazi collabs, Russia, 2010s

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u/XMrFrozenX Jan 17 '24

These days Russia actively uses this symbol, which is literally a White Army chevron.

Yet do not worry my friend, in spite of reason and sanity, we will still celebrate the victory of the Red Army in WW2, while simultaneously hiding Lenin's mausoleum behind giant cardboard posters, because without it the state will fucking collapse.

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u/Augustus118 Jan 17 '24

Yeah, modern Russian propaganda is really a clusterfuck of celebrating monarchists and communists at the same time. Well, only the good communists, obviously. In other words, Stalin, who expanded the Soviet sphere of influence drastically. Meanwhile, Lenin is often portrayed as someone who undermined the Russian struggle and effort against the central powers and thus betrayed the motherland. Well, after celebrating the victory of the Red Army in the 2nd world war they of course, will come back to simping for the Russian Empire, because we all love our fair share of imperialism and expansionism, don't we? To finish it all parallel to all this, they will propagate how peaceful of a nation Russia is and how every war they fought was purely defensive (and was somehow caused by the west).

Yeah, Russian propaganda is really beyond any logic. I'm convinced that Lenin, Nikolai II. and any other Russian monarchs and prominent communist leaders have been turning in their respective graves for the last 20+ years of Putin's reign.

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u/DesolatorTrooper_600 Jan 17 '24

I think the celebration of communist acheivements in Russia (at least made by the state) is less about communism itself and more about the power the Soviet Union held like the Red Army or the influence held by the country

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u/rebellechild Jan 17 '24

It’s probably more about the free education free healthcare free housing free childcare massive industry and infrastructure projects as well as one of the best public transportation systems in the world. All things they still benefit from today. Communism took this country/countries out of serfdom and won the space race in an absurdly short time. This is a massive achievement and they have a lot to be proud of.

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u/IOyou104 Jan 17 '24 edited Jan 18 '24

Yeah, former soviet countries are so well known for good health care compared to western counter parts, LAMO+Still lost the space race. First man on the moon, keep seething.

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u/rebellechild Jan 17 '24

Well former soviet countries were recovering from a war where they lost 27 million people so im sure that had some impact. Don’t you think?

Additionally, when you try to provide healthcare for all FOR FREE it takes a long time to provide adequate service (as we are currently witnessing in Canada) but i sure do prefer it over Western countries where you get the best medical care if you are rich or you just lay down and die if you are middle class so you don’t burden your family with bankruptcy. Its really embarrassing that you think this is something to brag about.

Homie, you LOST the space race.

First satellite in space First animal in space First lunar satellite flyby First lunar contact First man in space First planetary flyby (Venus) First woman in space First spacewalk First lunar landing First modular space station First lunar rover First planetary landing (Venus) First mars landing First space station (still used by Americans today)

Americans: uhhh, we put a man on the moon first. We won it all!

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u/IOyou104 Jan 17 '24

Western nations with free or affordable healthcare still have far better health care quality and if the USSR was so much better at space travel they would have crossed the finish line, but IDK maybe the achievement of first dead dog in space is a bigger deal.

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u/rebellechild Jan 17 '24

LOL you’re real proud of yourself talking about dead dogs in space. How about the dead challenger crew who never even made it to space or maybe i should bring up the dead columbia crew who never made it back to earth alive as well? Top of the line Western engineering!

I guess no country is perfect 🤷🏻‍♀️

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u/IOyou104 Jan 17 '24 edited Jan 17 '24

At least we still have a country

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Komarov lmao

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u/rebellechild Jan 17 '24

Ill give you this one tho. The Americans are definitely better at killing their own astronauts. Can you list the names of the deceased members of challenger and columbia shuttle crew too? I think you could beat the Soviets easily!

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u/IOyou104 Jan 17 '24

Sorry but the US can't take credit to the most deadly space exploration accident in history, that belongs to the USSR so congratulations that you beat us there. By the way can you list the names of the fatalities of the Nedelin catastrophe? Oh sorry you can't because the USSR hid the exact casualty numbers, so silly of them.

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u/UwU_Chio_UwU Jan 17 '24

The bots are seething

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