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[–] BenLeMan@lemmy.world 33 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Yes but not for the reason you think. While the USSR still existed, countries like mine still had to show that they were better than it. That they could offer higher quality of life and that capitalism could be the superior system not just for the elites but the average person as well. That impetus is gone now.

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[–] lemonwood@lemmy.ml 32 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And if there are some things in your life that don't suck as badly as they could, you probably owe that to the USSR. Like if you're not (yet) forced to work 75 hours a week:

[–] asdasd201@lemmygrad.ml 30 points 1 week ago

The amount of the libshits invading the post proves the post.

I believe it would be better Stalin should've purged and executed all those wannabe bougies and succeeded by another ML instead.

[–] lorty@lemmy.ml 25 points 1 week ago (4 children)

The more I learned about how the world actually works, the truer this became.

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