• thatGuyWithGlasses@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    They would not, the very the idea was corrupted to the core. By stamping out Prague spring the Chinese scenario of limited or experimental capitalism was made impossible. It would collapsed on itself anyways. Source: grew up in post communist country, seen the results

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          2 months ago

          This is an incredibly silly question. The USSR was opposed by all of the world’s empires together, which employed the most expensive propaganda, spying, and military organisations in the world.

          Furthermore, after the fall of the USSR, the living standards of many people became very clearly worse.

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        2 months ago

        I would disagree, even tho NATO had some influence in prague spring, it was still largely a pro communist movement against the revisionist USSR

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          2 months ago

          I would disagree

          Siding with nazis so brazenly? Ok.

          even tho NATO had some influence in prague spring, it was still largely a pro communist movement against the revisionist USSR

          It’s pretty silly, in this day and age, to believe that NATO-backed groups - like Solidarnosc, like the Mujahideen, like the Daesh, etc. - were in any way benevolent or socialist.

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          2 months ago

          Deleted my original reply - I do think I was too rude.

          But no, I cannot agree with you. I find it naive to, at this point, believe that NATO-backed groups - whether they pretend to be for workers’ rights like Solidarnosc, or are more openly anti-socialist like the Mujahideen - were in any way socialist.

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      2 months ago

      Source: grew up in post communist country, seen the results

      You saw the results of capitalism’s shock therapy. I dunno how you can be this dumb at blaming at a problem on something’s ABSCENCE

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      2 months ago

      You understand prague spring was a communist movement against revisionist brezhnev govt right?

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        2 months ago

        Nah, it was counterrevolutionary. It ultimately would have weakened socialism, which still existed in the Soviet Union, rather than establish a new socialism. This is also why the IMF was involved.