Memes

45753 readers

2481 users here now

Rules:

Be civil and nice.
Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.

founded 5 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

1174

Capitalism and fascism (lemmy.ml)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

210 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm aware, I'm familiar with the history of the USSR. Life expectancy rose gradually throughout the history of the USSR as it industrialized, it didn't just happen under Lenin and plummet under Stalin. Secondly, the USSR was not Imperialist in the sense of extraction, Russia didn't have higher quality of life on the backs of other Soviet States, but was industrialized first and was a leading indicator overall.

That's not to say Stalin was some hero or something, or that there weren't issues, but this gradual improvement was due to industrialization above all else.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 4 months ago

Yea, industrialization improved things in like every country that did it but saying the USSR was not imperialist is wild to me. Resources from the annexed territories were being shipped to Russia on a regular basis, literally one of the reasons that made the Holodomor so deadly in Ukraine while Russia itself was mostly spared. Smuggling was insanely common here in the Baltics to ensure the locals could keep what they make and not suffer from famines as well.