• ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml
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    5 months ago

    And that was after being completely devastated during the war, and rebuilding to challenge the US who sat the war out and built out their industries while the rest of the world burned.

  • ki9@lemmy.gf4.pw
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    Never in my life did I ever expect to be seeing this much soviet propoganda.

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      5 months ago

      It just feels that way when exposed to non-empire approved facts after a lifetime of pro-empire propaganda.

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    Both can be true. Over time the Soviet Union economy got worse because there was no corrective mechanism. A lot of the leadership (especially Stalin) was more interested in maintaining their own power than governing effectively. The Soviet Union being subject to US interference couldn’t be a democracy, but it’s difficult to correct errors in the economy without democracy.

    China has managed to overcome the issue of dictatorships, and it’ll be interesting to see what’ll happen as America shoots itself in the foot.

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    Communism is not about an economy, but about freedom of science, education, and general peoples wellbeing

    So stop fucking measuring it by Capitalist standards

    Its like calling a Banana a lesser fruit because it has less seeds in it than a cocoa fruit.

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      Improving people’s well-being? So, like making sure they have good food and a place to live and medicine and clothes and transport and some entertainment and stuff? So, having a good economy?