It would be funny if the US were funding a North Korean propaganda outfit but somehow I don’t think that’s what’s happening.
Hey, maybe while we were out posting, the reincarnated Huey Newton and William Z. Foster took over the US government and established a Marxist-Leninist state. After all, nobody can right at this instant prove it didn't happen...
Plus, if they really wanted to go out in a blaze-of-glory Goetterdaemmerung situation, why would the atomic bombs have made any difference whatsoever? The argument seems to be "the Japanese government wanted to kill Japanese civilians, and the only way we Americans could stop them was by... killing Japanese civilians."
Yep, I'd expect to see something like this pretty much anywhere on the US internet today, since August 9th is the one day of the year when Japan goes from Wholesome Anime Country to Evil Genocidal Asiatic Barbarian Land in the minds of most Americans. I would not have expected to see it on GenZedong.
No worries, comrade -- all of us, including yours truly, are a little bit liberal. It comes with growing up in a capitalist society. (Some of us have been even worse things: at the beginning of my political development, I pretty openly flirted with fascism, and was saved by a mentor who pointed out to me just how stupid I was being). You're in a way better place than that -- stay positive!
Okay, struggle session/tough comradely love time: we don't write "RuZZian" here unironically. It's a lib slur which -- if you look at the way it's typically used -- is directed as much against the Russian people as their government. Don't stoop to the libs' level. (Erich Mielke moment ended).
But on a less antagonistic note : I honestly can see things in Russia going a couple ways as the result of this conflict. One is what you and @DamarcusArt have outlined, which is Russia becoming the next major anti-socialist power. This presupposes a relatively quick collapse of the western bloc. The other is that the world again coalesces into two relatively stable power blocs, and Russia moves in the direction of socialism, in fact if not in name. They will have to do this if they are to remain sovereign in the face of long-term western agression, because fighting imperialism on the basis of the national bourgeoisie is something never works in the long run. Venezuela tried it, and found they had to adopt socialism. The KPRF is to be criticized in many ways, but they still are a large party with many supporters.
There is a third possibility, and I really hope for the sake of the world and the Russian people it doesn't happen: Russia keeps fighting the west, but also remains capitalist. The result will be collapse, balkanization, etc.
Maybe before the end of the century they'll turn into one of those renagade knights (Florian Geyer, Goetz von Berlinchingen) who fought on the side of the peasants? A comrade can dream.
By my understanding, the materials were (and are) so inexpensive that building radios was actually a fairly popular hobby back then. An AM radio with decent reception is pretty simple to make.
This points out something that irks me: how right-wingers continually claim to be "nationalists," and how leftists let them do it. Right-wing nationalism is a sham and a con game. They sell out the people, make them live in poverty, and ensure that the nation is completely dependent on foreign business interests -- but claim that it's "real patriotism" because you're allowed to say dumb racist shit on twitter or something. And their idea of what their nation should be is always imported, some second-hand version of the USA or the British Empire.
Communists build up the nation, and find for it a path of development based on its own unique history, culture, and traditions. They're far better nationalists than any fascist has ever been.
Hey, maybe while we were out posting, the reincarnated Huey Newton and William Z. Foster took over the US government and established a Marxist-Leninist state. After all, nobody can right at this instant prove it didn't happen...