The Killing Fields of Cambodia are filled to the brim with Party Loyalists. The only right-wingers were literally driven into the sea. And they were the lucky ones.
It's a key lesson that needs to be learned as quickly as possible. "Better Dead than Red" isn't some anti-communist mantra. It's an objective fact. You should choose death before surrender to a Communist because death is always preferable, and you have no idea just how bad it's going to get when you surrender.
It's groveling submission to the state ideology. Citizens of the USSR lived like this for generations.
"I'm loyal to the Party! I swear, I'll be good! I'll give you the names of traitors, just please let me go!"
The Killing Fields of Cambodia are filled to the brim with Party Loyalists. The only right-wingers were literally driven into the sea. And they were the lucky ones.
It's a key lesson that needs to be learned as quickly as possible. "Better Dead than Red" isn't some anti-communist mantra. It's an objective fact. You should choose death before surrender to a Communist because death is always preferable, and you have no idea just how bad it's going to get when you surrender.