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If they said "yes" to that they wouldn't be the first in history with that answer.
by whatshisface 5y ago
If they said "yes" to that they wouldn't be the first in history with that answer.
- gruez 5y agoAnd we all know how well that worked out.
- romwell 5y agoYou mean, it turned a backwater decaying agrarian empire into a world superpower, twice (Russia and China)? Side note: when the USSR held a referendum on whether it should be dissolved, most people voted to keep it (77% yes, 23% no) [1]. Things by far were not rosy in the late 80s (when a quarter of the nation votes for dissolution, things aren't great), but they weren't 30s either. That's, of course assuming you mean the USSR/China and ignore all the other welfare states in Europe, as well as programs like foodstamps in the US. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Soviet_Union_referendum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Soviet_Union_referendum