It's wild how billionaires in 2024 are literally characters from Soviet-era anti-capitalist cartoons.
@angiebaby@mas.to they've always been that way is the thing, imagine if Ford or Carnegie had a twitter
@angiebaby criticism of capitalism was on point during Soviet era.
However, criticism about Soviet elite, real unfairness and cruelty was also forbidden. This does not invalidate criticism about capitalism though, and also russia is not soviet union anymore, but it leans even more heavily into whataboutism to deflect.
@angiebaby MadMagazine circa 1969
@angiebaby Always have been …
sadly we don't look anything like the noble workers and troops.
@angiebaby damn and I thought 80s kid movie villains were over the top yet here we are.