> Soviet-type societies were destructive of the environment on a level comparable to the West, and turned into repressive class societies sui generis (of their

> Soviet-type societies were destructive of the environment on a level comparable to the West, and turned into repressive class societies sui generis (of their own type). Indeed Russia had an explosion of greenhouse gas emissions during the Soviet period that it hasn’t equaled in the 3 decades since. [1] So this article reads like anti-capitalist propaganda that explicitly blames capitalism except when it briefly and begrudgingly mentions the Soviets who weren’t real socialists like the author. 1. https://ourworldindata.org/co2/country/russia https://ourworldindata.org/co2/country/russia