Michael Gloss studied Human Ecology at Middlebury College in Vermont and was described by friends as an eco-activist, women’s rights supporter, and anti-fascist.

cross-posted from: https://biglemmowski.win/post/6224801

Michael Gloss, 21, was the son of CIA Deputy Director for Digital Innovation Julianne Gallina Gloss, and Iraq war veteran Larry Gloss.

Before arriving in Russia on August 13, 2023, Gloss was travelling around Europe. On his Vkontakte page bio, he wrote: “I ran away from home (and) traveled the world. I hate fascism.”

On April 4, 2024, he was killed, likely during a Russian offensive near Bakhmut, however, his burial in the U.S. did not take place until December 2024, Important Stories reports.

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  • takeda@lemm.eeEnglish
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    8 hours ago

    That’s because of corruption. As of now communism to be implemented requires authoritarianism. Authoritarianism is the main reason why communism is bad.

    Currently both, tankies as well as far right don’t really care about socialism (if tankies cared about socialism they wouldn’t support China or Russia). All they are supporting is authoritarianism.

    What far right labels as far left (in US at least) are people who support liberal democracy with protections and safety nets for working class. The “most radical” Bernie Sanders is exactly for that.

    There might be actual communist parties in Europe, they hardly have any support.

    • peregrin5@lemm.eeEnglish
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      8 hours ago

      What far right labels as far left

      Why would you depend on the far right for any kind of accurate definition? Bernie is not far left in reality. He is center left.

      • takeda@lemm.eeEnglish
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        7 hours ago

        Ok, then it looks like we are on the same page on that.

        Though, seeing tankies support Russia and China tells me they don’t care about social aspects of communism, so the only thing left is authoritarianism.

        The term might be even more appropriate now as it originates, because they basically supported using tanks against the population to squash Hungarian Uprising. A totally authoritarian move.

        At that point there’s not much difference between them and today’s far right. I mean tankies will openly say they support communism, but their actions shows that’s not what they are truly after.

        To me it looks like tankies were product of Soviet propaganda while MAGA is a product of Russian propaganda, and that’s why they both share so many common views.