He genocided his own ethnic group?

Who did Mao genocide?

Thermostats are bourgeois American imperialist decadence.

A huge portion of the west thinks that living a good life is just buying things.

Shanghai is one of the most commercial cities in the world though, to be fair. There's literally a high-end mall built around the the site of the first congress of the CPC.

Same, I feel pretty good in myself personally.

I'm still aware enough to realize that there are real issues in the world and society. Sleep and exercise can't fix those.

Mate, it's not a hard word to learn. I've just read it for the first time in my life and I've got it down. It's eight simple syllables, not your life story.

The USSR wasn't a paradise (communism isn't magic) but it was better than anything in Russia before or since. It's not like turning to capitalism in the 90s made the country a utopia.

Nah people just lie about us.

I like the flexibility too, I just wish I could have it without giving some leech half my paycheck.

You'd also be able to own your own home under communism, to be clear.

lol you won't be missed

Can you give an example of a 'non-authoritarian government'?