u/miragecoordinator1

Austria-Hungary was a functioning democracy.

But after its collapse:

Austria - fascist dictatorship. Hungary - fascist dictatorship. Italy - fascist dictatorship oppressing Slavs and Austrians. Yugoslavia – dictatorship oppressing non-Serbs. Romania - dictatorship oppressing Hungarians. Poland - dictatorship oppressing non-Poles. Czechoslovakia - "democracy," unless you Austrian or Hungarian. So why was Austria-Hungary "bad"?

Despite they're anti-CCP, they seem to be too extreme.

They resisted Japanese aggression quite successfully for eight years and appeared to be winning the civil war right up until mid-1947 even capturing Yan'an, despite economic troubles, abandonment by the Allies, and Russian aid to the CCP. Even after their collapse, the defense of Taiyuan and the coastal islands was impressive, not to mention the years of brutal insurgency on the mainland following the defeat. So that's why the claim by mainstream Western historians that the NRA were so incompetent and corrupt strikes me as propaganda.

Much love from Croatia. 🇭🇷♥️🇹🇼