Soviet Russia named one of its most important universities after Patrice Lumumba of Congo in 1961.
Take a guess when they changed the name to remove the reference to an African leader? (Hint: It wasn't during socialism).

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoples%27_Friendship_University_of_Russia

we could both die tomorrow whats your point?

socialism wont be a stable way of living for a long long time and the fetishization of it is damn near counter productive

ppl drooling over s*** that wont happen when we should really shift all our focus to tangible progressive movements like m4a, minimum wage raise, climate activism

not destroying markets lmfao

so s*** relating to socialist ideas then?

Yeah capitalists see never ending growth as the tenet of what theyre doing

And in a world of finite resources thats impossible, so as a result it will destroy the Earth

social democracy

democratic socialism

just not nuking markets we need them rn to get s*** done

He was a leftist (as many other anticolonial leaders were), he was a member of the communist party, and the CIA helped getting him arrested:

google.nl/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/may/15/cia-operative-nelson-mandela-1962-arrest

Mandela was a member of the communist party of South Africa and later part of the African National Congress which was a Marxist-Leninist party for a long time. He had to abandon his visions of socialism in the 80s as the USSR's influence waned and he prioritized abolishing apartheid over the economic mode of South Africa. They also wanted the West to be on their side to support the fight against Apartheid.

Thatcher famously opposed Mandela for fearing he would make South Africa communist.

This was the "Freedom Charter" that they pushed in the 90s which was written originally in the 50s. Mandela tried to promote it in the 90s but recognized that the political world stage did not allow South Africa to be socialist. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_Charter

-The national wealth of our country, the heritage of all South Africans, shall be restored to the people

• The mineral wealth beneath the soil, the banks and monopoly industry shall be transferred to the ownership of the people as a whole;
• All other industry and trade shall be controlled to assist the well-being of the people;
• All people shall have equal rights to trade where they choose, to manufacture and to enter all trades, crafts and professions.
• Restrictions of land ownership on a racial basis shall be ended, and all the land redivided amongst those who work it, to banish famine and land hunger;
• The state shall help the peasants with implements, seed, tractors and dams to save the soil and assist the tillers;
  -Freedom of movement shall be guaranteed to all who work on the land;
• All shall have the right to occupy land wherever they choose;
  -People shall not be robbed of their cattle, and forced labour and farm prisons shall be abolished."

because race relations GOT WORSE lmao its always possible

Watxh hypernormalization by adam curtis

You dont know what you’re saying journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/709818
Feudalism -> Capitalism

What makes you think racism inevitably gets less worse, even in the US there were times where it got better or worse

so sheltered

You ever heard about technology?

in 2021 race relations arent even close to what they were in the 50s/60s even the 80s/90s lmfao

the 60s and 70s being "progressive" while 80s were more "conservative" is an example in the USA of progression not being a straight line

What about it lol

You are projecting US race relations onto other countries now

Yes, me a black man from the south who has faced countless acts of racism, is sheltered

race relations are more or less the same around the world

the planet has gotten more progressive over time not less

In Russia? Yes. In America, obviously not

yes with that perspective

wym?

You have no idea what you are talking about. How could black-white relations in a land without the African slave trade be the same as the USA?

You are legitimately stupid. I dont want to name call but you are actually dumb lmao.
How can you say South Africa and America are similar?
Or In Afghanistan?
Or Sweden?