@beyond_capital Sounds like a false dichotomy but whatever. There are plenty of intelligent people from across the political spectrum. There are even smart Leftists though they’re rare. Even smart people can fall for motivated reasoning if they never actually challenge their beliefs.
@AmadeusBolshev With help of the West of course. With the corruption with the Whites, multiple different factions unable to unite, Reds intercepting weapons and armaments from the West, and straight up given to them by the West. It was incompetence and sheer luck it survived.
@comradebotelho Cuba’s no. 1 trading partner despite able to openly trade with over 100 countries. It overthrew a corrupt bastard like Batista and put a worse dictator in its place. Betrayed his best friend to go die in the mountains. Suffering a severe labor shortage from everyone leaving it.
@PamphletsY You mean once they abandoned Communism you mean? Communist didn’t allow Free Trade, Communism didn’t have special economic zones. If anything the Us should be embarrassed that the Chinese are more Laissez-Faire than America is in their Special Economic Zones.
@Poerisija@beyond_capital How is that a fabrication? It came straight from the Soviet Union? The only change is the red line where they got the math wrong which tells us it wasn’t going well for the Soviet Union. Personal journals and memoirs from both sides confirmed this. You’re doing a disservice.
@Poerisija@beyond_capital Actually from Soviet Numbers, you’re wrong. The equipment Lend-Lease had some effect in Soviet hands. Just not used very well but the biggest deal breaker was food. They wouldn’t have survived without food. Even Stalin himself said without, Lend-Lease, they wouldn’t have made it.
@Poerisija@beyond_capital Yeah with the Lend-Lease program that without, the Soviet Union would’ve collapsed. So great the Soviet power was that it couldn’t survive on its own. So much for single handedly destroying the Nazis. Probably save more of them if they helped the Polish instead of killing them?
@Poerisija@beyond_capital A Finnish, how ironic. Did you know the Soviets failed invading your country before WW2? Thank you for being my example you fool.
@LeBolshevikman Stupid enough to believe a guy going around to kill rich people is going to give you free stuff and put you in a sweatshop, ran by an actual dictator award.🏆
@ItsLulu_7 If you were in charge, there wouldn’t be production or resources to redistribute. You’re right, it will fundamentally impact social relations, institutions, and satisfaction because there isn’t going to be any. You’d fail basic needs with fatal consequences for everyone else.