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(DIR) Post #AQsSHQIILoj6NCuoPA by yogthos@mas.to
2022-12-22T21:20:09Z
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#OTD in 1922, The Soviet Union was Created! It remains one of mankind's greatest achievements. Here is a š§µ with some of the highlights.
(DIR) Post #AQsSHQuw29dQJ2zfdI by yogthos@mas.to
2022-12-22T21:22:30Z
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Russia went from a backwards agrarian society where people travelled by horse and carriage to being the first in space in the span of 40 years. Russia showed incredible growth after the revolution that surpassed the rest of the world:https://wid.world/document/soviets-oligarchs-inequality-property-russia-1905-2016/https://wid.world/document/appendix-soviets-oligarchs-inequality-property-russia-1905-2016-wid-world-working-paper-201710/
(DIR) Post #AQsSHRPQCo1NpbG19U by yogthos@mas.to
2022-12-22T21:23:27Z
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USSR provided free education to all citizens resulting in literacy rising from 33% to 99.9%:http://www.revolutionarydemocracy.org/archive/PubEdUSSR.htmhttp://www.revolutionarydemocracy.org/archive/anglosov.htm http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0000/000013/001300eo.pdfhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Likbez
(DIR) Post #AQsSHRs8U2zRGegwuO by yogthos@mas.to
2022-12-22T21:24:04Z
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Soon after formation, adult education schools popped up in every town and every village.
(DIR) Post #AQsSHSJ4rsXacDISu0 by yogthos@mas.to
2022-12-22T21:25:14Z
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USSR doubled life expectancy in just 20 years. A newborn child in 1926-27 had a life expectancy of 44.4 years, up from 32.3 years thirty years before. In 1958-59 the life expectancy for newborns went up to 68.6 years. the Semashko system of the USSR increased lifespan by 50% in 20 years. By the 1960's, lifespans in the USSR were comparable to those in the USA:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_Soviet_Unionhttps://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB5054/index1.html
(DIR) Post #AQsSHSiFMIfpsH4Z8K by yogthos@mas.to
2022-12-22T21:26:08Z
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Quality of nutrition improved after the Soviet revolution, and the last time USSR had a famine was in 1940s. By 1983, they had become completely food sovereign and eating better than Americans (according to the CIA)https://www.scribd.com/document/430076844/CIA-RDP84B00274R000300150009-5-pdf
(DIR) Post #AQsSHT5dxJOB2q1FbM by yogthos@mas.to
2022-12-22T21:27:22Z
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USSR built solar power plants as early as 1930!
(DIR) Post #AQsSHTQYhY7S5hnxCa by yogthos@mas.to
2022-12-22T21:27:47Z
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Declared the US apartheid campaign against their own black citizens were genocide.https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/we_charge_genocide_petition
(DIR) Post #AQsSHToJHF7NHMuvDs by yogthos@mas.to
2022-12-22T21:28:10Z
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USSR moved from 58.5-hour work weeks to 41.6 hour work weeks (-0.36 h/yr) between 1913 and 1960:https://books.google.com/books?id=x8JYjwEACAAJhttps://b-ok.cc/book/2669908/77497f
(DIR) Post #AQsSTqSAuu9MypSZhw by nach@bae.st
2022-12-22T21:30:54.130080Z
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@yogthos @yogthos how many of those people travelling by horse and carriage made it to space or had any meaningful benefit from the USSR going to space?
(DIR) Post #AQsSVMCqLXjtkV0erQ by book@sleepy.cafe
2022-12-22T21:25:09.012096Z
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UOOOOOOOOH! CHILD EROTIC! šššš
(DIR) Post #AQsSVQ3m1CrRhWnTHM by satanasur@cawfee.club
2022-12-22T21:31:11.889305Z
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It is. Who cares if most of the country is standing in queues to get bread. Look at dem rockets stolen from krauts flying to space.
(DIR) Post #AQyzI3bEg1FdiGRbdI by yogthos@mas.to
2022-12-22T21:28:29Z
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USSR averaged 22 days of paid leave in 1986 while USA averaged 7.6 in 1996:https://www.ilo.org/public/libdoc/ilo/1994/94B09_66_englp2.pdfhttps://www.bls.gov/news.release/ebs.t05.htm
(DIR) Post #AQyzI45MrzM1DiXfbE by yogthos@mas.to
2022-12-22T21:37:36Z
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In 1987, people in the USSR could retire with pension at 55 (female) and 60 (male) while receiving 50% of their wages at a at minimum. Meanwhile, in USA the average retirement age was 62-67 and the average (not median) retiree household in the USA could expect $48k/yr which comes out to 65% of the 74k average (not median) household income in 2016:https://www.ilo.org/public/libdoc/ilo/1994/94B09_66_englp2.pdfhttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/could-you-get-by-on-the-average-americans-retirement-income/
(DIR) Post #AQyzI4UtL5lqUsU3No by yogthos@mas.to
2022-12-22T21:40:43Z
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GDP took off after socialism was established and then collapsed with the reintroduction of capitalism:
(DIR) Post #AQyzI4wBhbbZrXFqvg by yogthos@mas.to
2022-12-22T21:41:14Z
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The Soviet Union had the highest physician/patient ratio in the world. USSR had 42 doctors per 10,000 population compared to 24 in Denmark and Sweden, and 19 in US:https://sci-hub.se/http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0735675784900482
(DIR) Post #AQyzI5L0DLSF6Urfbk by yogthos@mas.to
2022-12-22T21:41:44Z
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USSR defeated a smallpox epidemic in a matter of 19 days https://www.rbth.com/history/331857-how-ussr-defeated-black-smallpox
(DIR) Post #AQyzI5niUaQIXYIbMe by yogthos@mas.to
2022-12-22T21:42:00Z
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Professor of Economic History, Robert C. Allen, concludes in his study without the 1917 revolution is directly responsible for rapid growth that made the achievements listed above possilbe: https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.507.8966&rep=rep1&type=pdfStudy demonstrating the steady increase in quality of life during the Soviet period (including under Stalin). Includes the fact that Soviet life expectancy grew faster than any other nation recorded at the time:https://www.jstor.org/stable/2672986?seq=1
(DIR) Post #AQyzI6Csz0YXnc4hay by yogthos@mas.to
2022-12-22T21:42:17Z
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A large study using world bank data analyzing the quality of life in Capitalist vs Socialist countries and finds overwhelmingly at similar levels of development with socialism bringing better quality of life:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1646771/pdf/amjph00269-0055.pdfThis study compared capitalist and socialist countries in measures of the physical quality of life (PQL), taking into account the level of economic development.https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2430906/
(DIR) Post #AQyzI6cPS6yN4m15NY by yogthos@mas.to
2022-12-22T21:43:24Z
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Finally, it's informative to look at what people who lived under communism feel now that they got a taste of capitalism have to say now.https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2010/04/28/hungary-better-off-under-communism/https://web.archive.org/web/20210825152314/http://www.balkanalysis.com/romania/2011/12/27/in-romania-opinion-polls-show-nostalgia-for-communism/https://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/homesick-for-a-dictatorship-majority-of-eastern-germans-feel-life-better-under-communism-a-634122.htmlhttps://balkaninsight.com/2010/12/24/for-simon-poll-serbians-unsure-who-runs-their-country/https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2020/03/24/75-of-russians-say-soviet-era-was-greatest-time-in-countrys-history-poll-a69735
(DIR) Post #AQyzI72zrGEwPESJou by rodroidrx@mas.to
2022-12-22T22:11:39Z
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@yogthos USSR nostalgia doesnāt necessarily mean return to the old Soviet days, as per the Moscow Times article. I think Russia can do better without an oppressive centralized government but thatās just my opinion as a Canadian
(DIR) Post #AQyzI7TaGPVVjgtYGG by yogthos@mas.to
2022-12-22T22:44:45Z
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@rodroidrx I grew up in USSR, and I live in Canada today. I think that the central government was far more functional than the Canadian system. Especially so when it comes to delivering large public infrastructure projects.Of course, nobody is advocating for simply restoring USSR exactly as it was. I think it should be used to inform what's done in the future taking the good aspects and improving the bad.
(DIR) Post #AQyzI7yQPkB3HLKBKi by rodroidrx@mas.to
2022-12-23T05:23:33Z
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@yogthos to be completely honest Iām socialist to the core. But the engine that drives socialism in Canada is unfortunately capitalism. A functioning government is arguable too. Our system is less than perfect, with many obvious gaps that need to be filled, but for the most part itās working. Again, pros and cons. Canadaās system isnāt a one size fits all solution but it is popular and provides a status quo (if not better) quality of life to many that live here.
(DIR) Post #AQyzI8NEvU1iWIw00m by yogthos@mas.to
2022-12-23T13:20:20Z
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@rodroidrx Canada doesn't have socialism. Socialism fundamentally means worker control of the means of production and the economy. Canada is capitalist to the core, where the capital owning class owns everything.Socialism doesn't mean just having a social safety net. This is a very good explanation of the actual meaning of the termhttps://www.versobooks.com/blogs/3228-lenin-s-three-theoretical-arguments-about-the-dictatorship-of-the-proletariat
(DIR) Post #AQyzI8n7NGj7oZ2fLc by yogthos@mas.to
2022-12-23T13:21:02Z
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@rodroidrx also, our system is absolutely not working. Over half the population has no savings indicating that they're being paid subsistence wages. Meanwhile, just 87 families own more wealth than around half of the population of Canada. These people have become rich by exploiting the rest of the population, and that's who benefits from all your hard work.The wealth gap only keeps growing with each generation. This isn't sustainable.https://globalnews.ca/news/3434447/over-half-of-canadians-are-200-or-less-away-from-not-being-able-to-pay-bills/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/31/canada-richest-families-same-wealth-12-million-people-report
(DIR) Post #AQyzVGa9ie1Tk5Eo9g by rodroidrx@mas.to
2022-12-22T22:05:34Z
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@yogthos USSR although great, and benefitted many regular folk, it came at a cost of Russian freedom and subsequent isolation from the rest of the world. Not to mention all the tensions brought on by the Cold War. Pros and cons I guess. Great thread though. Very informative thanks!
(DIR) Post #AQyzVH2rzszXB8fjua by tally_phoenix@pdx.social
2022-12-22T22:27:35Z
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@rodroidrx @yogthos thanks mostly to Soviet containment efforts driven by the west, mainly the U.S.
(DIR) Post #AQyzVHbbuimSusvU3s by rodroidrx@mas.to
2022-12-23T04:56:27Z
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@tally_phoenix @yogthos Iām no fan of American foreign policy but the Westās democratic institutions needed protection as much as the Soviet sphere of influence. So it was a game of chess, to put it simply. Unfortunately, this division set back globalization by decades. The latter statement opens up a bigger can of worms, but I mean, can we just agree that tensions between nations is never constructive.
(DIR) Post #AQyzVHxEcK4tzx2klc by yogthos@mas.to
2022-12-23T13:10:45Z
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@rodroidrx @tally_phoenix the west has a dictatorship for the bourgeoisie, it's a democracy for the rich. And you don't have to take my word for it. Here's what a large scale study of decades of US policy found recently.The west isn't protecting democratic institutions for the working masses. It's protecting the interests of western oligarchs from a proletarian revolution that would put power into the hands of the workers.https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-politics/article/testing-theories-of-american-politics-elites-interest-groups-and-average-citizens/62327F513959D0A304D4893B382B992B
(DIR) Post #AR2nTiKTADI8OwEY5I by popolon@pleroma.popolon.org
2022-12-27T21:13:17.652155Z
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@yogthos oh, thatās like in China for the retirement. In France, governement try hard to push back from 60 to the same level than before the end of WWII, so US level :(. They already managed to change it to 62 last year and want to continue further away.
(DIR) Post #AR2njRDmXQGnyXbTWa by popolon@pleroma.popolon.org
2022-12-27T21:16:08.279010Z
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@yogthos Cuba has a great role in managing epidemic, they managed first for themselves due to US embargo, then to African and South American countries, and last year, France ask Cuba to help them, as the number of physician greatly fallen in France. France is currently African countries physicians to still have a bit.
(DIR) Post #AR2nwoCMQAi70CJXu4 by yogthos@mas.to
2022-12-22T22:39:49Z
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@rodroidrx right, it's important to keep in mind that USSR was under duress its entire existence. It was invaded by capitalist powers in 1918 only a year after its formation, then it was plunged into WW2 a couple of decades later, and then US started the Cold War after.USSR was never allowed to develop in peace. Vast majority of negative aspects of USSR can be traced directly to the fact that it was under siege.
(DIR) Post #AR2nwti5vc4864CSYq by yogthos@mas.to
2022-12-22T22:41:42Z
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@rodroidrx Yet, despite that people were much more free than people living in the west today in many respects.For example, nobody in USSR worried about losing their job and ending up on the street or that they wouldn't be able to retire in dignity.Nobody was worried about becoming homeless or not being able to afford the basics. Everyone had access to education, and was able to pursue their interests without worrying whether they're marketable. Here's one example:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWqvaMEFIdI
(DIR) Post #AR2oXJL87DMO0ip0Fs by rodroidrx@mas.to
2022-12-23T05:05:56Z
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@yogthos I canāt comment on who started what or why the Cold War persisted the way it did, thatās debatable. I can say that USSR did develop a world ending arsenal and this was perceived by US as a threat. So one nation under duress is questionable. With two nuclear powers in frequent confrontation the entire world was under duress.
(DIR) Post #AR2oXJisguMJCNvyHA by yogthos@mas.to
2022-12-23T13:12:54Z
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@rodroidrx it's not debatable who started the Cold War. The fact that it was the west is a well documented fact. US was also the first country to develop nuclear weapons and use them on civilian population of Japan to send a message to the Soviet Union.Meanwhile, USSR always tried to come to treaties to disarm and deescalate, the west was never interested.Highly recommend watching this documentary https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1494191/
(DIR) Post #AR2pAtqWJsaqWiNisq by Winter@aus.social
2022-12-23T01:18:40Z
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@rodroidrx @yogthos if we're saying USSR becoming isolated was bad, shouldn't we examine why capitalist states worked so hard to isolate or even eradicate them? What you said might well be true, but capitalist hegemony literally doesn't allow alternatives to even exist, never mind succeed.
(DIR) Post #AR2pAuGOlfIFoyUODg by rodroidrx@mas.to
2022-12-23T05:13:07Z
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@Winter @yogthos arguably, isolationism is a result of a perceived self sustaining economy. So yes I agree capitalist states moved to contain Soviet states but other factors contributed to less than friendly relations with the rest of the world.
(DIR) Post #AR2pAuhL9UqPAX5uDI by yogthos@mas.to
2022-12-23T13:14:03Z
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@rodroidrx @Winter the rest of the world you're talking about is literally this meme
(DIR) Post #ARMjLoLeO8iSSSNyV6 by jmb@social.coop
2023-01-05T23:41:59Z
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@popolon @yogthos For what it is worth, I find much more inspiration from Cuba's example than that of the USSR.
(DIR) Post #ARMjLopma6opxuU2T2 by popolon@pleroma.popolon.org
2023-01-06T12:01:14.227651Z
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@jmb @yogthos Georgia continue research on bacteriophage, started during its Soviet period (Stalin was Georgian), and is still in advance on every capitalist countries. Even TV documentary that generally is propaganda against any non-NATO countries recognise itās role to resolve a lot of disease, incurable in France. Cuba was called by France for help during COVID explosion, for itās South-East Caribbean and South American territories/colonies.
(DIR) Post #ARMjlTB1j2YwKEeSKO by popolon@pleroma.popolon.org
2023-01-06T12:05:54.534828Z
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@jmb @yogthos There is also an huge developments of citrus culture in very cold conditions in USSR using half-earthed greenhouse, They managed to grow them in Siberia. And it is a very important tool against scorbut. https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2020/04/fruit-trenches-cultivating-subtropical-plants-in-freezing-temperatures.html
(DIR) Post #ARuIN5nlQ3o4Sqo2BU by tally_phoenix@pdx.social
2022-12-23T14:18:26Z
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@rodroidrx @yogthos the u.s. invaded Soviet Russia, intent on "strangling the Bolsheviks in their cradle" before it was even a year old, in the midst of a civil war as monarchists attempted to destroy the revolution, and clearly before the Soviets could materially threaten the u.s. From the beginning, western antagonism and containment of the soviets was rooted in an ideological and economic panic at the prospect of loss of capitalist hegemony. https://peacehistory-usfp.org/ww1-russia/
(DIR) Post #ARuIgKheEym4BM7UmW by yogthos@mas.to
2022-12-27T21:22:18Z
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@popolon Cuba is probably the model for how to manage pandemics at this point
(DIR) Post #ARuIk9F8n1nBnZbZke by ldrngmtv@mastodon.ml
2022-12-23T05:01:14Z
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@yogthos Now in capitalist Russia the retirement age for women is 60 years, and for men 65 years. At the same time, against the backdrop of deteriorating living standards, many simply do not live up to retirement, and those who do survive on $150 a month. At the same time, the repression apparatus became tougher than it was in the Soviet Union, although this is one of the main reasons for criticizing the USSR in Russia.
(DIR) Post #ARuIvRCWMbcmg9lMqu by vitaliy_r2@mas.to
2022-12-22T22:00:00Z
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@yogthos it remains the biggest and long lived tyranny
(DIR) Post #ARuIvSZbGHgCw1ZJSq by moffintosh@berserker.town
2023-01-22T16:45:23Z
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@vitaliy_r2 @yogthos As opposed to what? The remaining capitalist world where the rich control the economy and the government?
(DIR) Post #ARuJ38pgXZNS1kksca by yogthos@mas.to
2022-12-22T22:45:11Z
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@vitaliy_r2 having actually lived in USSR I can tell you that it was not.
(DIR) Post #ARuJ39NiV2bDjIg3fM by moffintosh@berserker.town
2023-01-22T16:46:47Z
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@yogthos @vitaliy_r2 Which state?
(DIR) Post #ARuJIkeUD9aVfKxbYe by vitaliy_r2@mas.to
2023-01-22T16:49:35Z
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@moffintosh @yogthos you prefer when poor people control economy and government like USSR was? For all people it worse: some were killed, some stayed poor.
(DIR) Post #ARuJZOi32vdKXEZ1O4 by moffintosh@berserker.town
2023-01-22T16:52:35Z
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@vitaliy_r2 @yogthos I prefer it when the most amount of people possible have the most similar level of control over public life, especially in contrast to what we have now.For all people it worsewhat
(DIR) Post #ARuJwWrssXYiV0C7o8 by vitaliy_r2@mas.to
2023-01-22T16:56:47Z
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@moffintosh @yogthos different people have different level. You want to make some people poor. And you cannot make other people reach.
(DIR) Post #ATt5bfPR8WpBTmA5RI by mrjonno@mastodon.social
2023-03-22T18:30:03Z
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@yogthos Hmm. Much to disagree with here.I'm assuming you don't think Putin represents the Soviet Union and if not where do you think it all went wrong?I'm no advocate for capitalist ideology either.
(DIR) Post #ATt5bgAaJEXRq0Djvc by yogthos@mas.to
2023-03-22T18:34:12Z
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@mrjonno it all went all went wrong when Gorbachev decided to abandon communism and adapt western liberal policies. I personally lived through all that and saw the horrors of these policies with my own eyes.This is also a good read on how USSR could've taken an alternative path similar to China instead doing shock privatizationhttps://www.noemamag.com/how-china-avoided-soviet-style-collapse/
(DIR) Post #ATt5bgeMWWMFKM9WLI by mrjonno@mastodon.social
2023-03-22T19:36:34Z
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@yogthos I have a very good Polish friend who lived through communism and related corruption to recall queues for essentials and cultural repression as a Catholic nation.I think we should learn from the past and not try to recreate the issues due to flawed ideology.We can do better. We really are all in this together and hopefully progress together. Do you know the 'Doughnut'?https://youtu.be/4ttKueHEUig
(DIR) Post #ATt5bh9YeXJMt6kQy0 by yogthos@mas.to
2023-03-22T20:15:18Z
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@mrjonno I literally grew up in USSR, but yes do tell me more about what my life there was really like š¤¦āāļø What the west has accomplished is worse than USSR in every way imaginable.Nobody is claiming that USSR war perfect, or that we can't do better. However, one has to be deplorably ignorant that USSR wasn't a net positive for the world.And collapse of USSR was a tragedy for millions of peoplehttps://academic.oup.com/cje/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cje/beac072/7081084?guestAccessKey=01c8dd9f-af1c-48b3-b271-eb5d3a45017c&login=false
(DIR) Post #ATt5bhekmYGURrLLai by mrjonno@mastodon.social
2023-03-22T20:23:53Z
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@yogthos Except it hasn't been. I absolutely get Marx and his concepts of socialism but they are of a time and flawed.What do you think about #lgbtqia and gulags?https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/odr/gay-life-in-stalins-gulag/
(DIR) Post #ATt5bi8syWMrxJRPYe by yogthos@mas.to
2023-03-22T20:29:42Z
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@mrjonno every human society is flawed, that's the reality.The claim that Marx is somehow out of time gets repeated often, yet if you actually read Marx then you'll see that his writings are very much relevant to our time and what's happening in the world today.And I have no idea what gbtqia has to do with communism to be honest.
(DIR) Post #ATt5bijklRrHnegr1U by yogthos@mas.to
2023-03-22T20:16:59Z
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@mrjonno people constantly denouncing USSR would be a lot more credible if they had any workable alternatives to offer, instead all you do is help perpetuate the capitalist hell the west has imposed on the world.
(DIR) Post #ATt5bilAgAzbs3LzEW by popolon@pleroma.popolon.org
2023-03-22T22:25:36.105259Z
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@yogthos @mrjonno Maybe need to look at Cuba on this point, that was very advanced in LGBT+ when someone could go to jail (if not more) in US to just be LGB. This is mainly due to āGrupo Nacional de Trabajo de EducaciĆ³n Sexualā https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_National_Center_for_Sex_EducationEast Germany feminist and right activist, Monika Krause-Fuchs, was an important people in this center.
(DIR) Post #ATt5bjz287fvfKqZTk by yogthos@mas.to
2023-03-22T20:39:19Z
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@mrjonno I must also assume that you're entirely unaware that GDR was a pioneer of many lgbtqia rights?https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/gay-liberation-behind-iron-curtain/
(DIR) Post #ATt5blYWHfegXgSQQi by yogthos@mas.to
2023-03-22T20:43:22Z
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@mrjonno and of course you're evidently entirely aware of the fact that Cuba exists https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/9/26/cuba-overwhelmingly-approves-same-sex-marriage-in-referendum
(DIR) Post #ATt6JNv1WkKFyVmZuq by mrjonno@mastodon.social
2023-03-22T21:18:50Z
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@yogthos I'm very aware of Castro's views, pink economy and #humanrights https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-60339741
(DIR) Post #ATt6JOw7k8nf8DIyGm by yogthos@mas.to
2023-03-22T21:29:11Z
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@mrjonno you were trying to make an argument that human rights violations somehow stem from communism, yet the reality is that communist countries have some of the most progressive laws in the world
(DIR) Post #ATt6JPdN9LOXILXVgG by mrjonno@mastodon.social
2023-03-22T21:32:35Z
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@yogthos I'm interested to understand what you think progression is.
(DIR) Post #ATt6JQFIsJjhBzHnns by popolon@pleroma.popolon.org
2023-03-22T22:33:30.582443Z
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@mrjonno @yogthos Progressism is about more equity among people. And most socialist country achieved this. Some captialist one too (like France) with the great help of socialist and communists politicians and activists. The French nation is currently fighting against a capitalist government that want to remove a very good retirement right that was made by several communists politicians, including Ambroise Croizat, at the end end of WWII.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambroise_Croizat