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First a totalitarian state, then a corrupt shithole that brought everyone around down with it. Same difference...
by prodmerc 11y ago
First a totalitarian state, then a corrupt shithole that brought everyone around down with it. Same difference...
- kiiski 11y agoA "corrupt shithole" is as bad as tens of millions killed/starved? I don't think you quite understand what Stalins rule was like.
- guard-of-terra 11y agoActually, Russia feeds countries around it, not "brings them down". Russia has oil to sell; most of ex-USSR countries don't. Nevertheless they enjoy priority in trade and immigration with Russia. They get investements, price cuts and sometimes direct monetary support from Russia.
- prodmerc 11y agoNote, I'm not talking about Russia, the current somewhat democratic country, but the USSR. The oil and gas trade is good for both sides. It's not like Russia is some benevolent country that provides for others, they sell resources for money and influence. But soviet rule was shit. It institutionalized a system and a whole kind of thinking that was unsustainable, which then devolved into chaos.