Prior to the Indonesian genocide of the 1960s, where the CIA installed a military dictatorship that the lives of millions, the country’s communist party technically did warn about the peril. The problem was that this warning had been made in a reactive way, and therefore wasn’t nearly enough to prepare the people to fight back.
I already read that Rodrick is just seething without making any arguments. Also try to talk to him he will instantly block you no matter what you say as long as it disagrees with him.