There is no...
...limit to the self-delusions that can be created when you veer off of objective reality. USSR, China and the rest weren't leftist authoritarians, they were benevolent benefactors of the masses. Those military parades were not the governments strength on display, they were the People's strength.
THe HZ is not filled to the rafters with looters it is filled with progressive and illuminated higher beings who care so much about others well being! (Except those "others" who are unworthy of concern, naturally!)
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