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by refurb 1828 days ago
How much do you know about the country post-war? The Vietnamese people paid a very heavy price for the North wining that war. Arguably the communists saw economic light, but plenty of people have been jailed as recently as last year for blogs they’ve written.
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How much do you know about South Vietnam pre-war? (for starters: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_crisis)
Oh I know plenty. What, do tell, does the Buddhist crisis have to do with the authoritarian system in Vietnam today?