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The Communist Party in the USSR was a party with communist ideology, aiming to achieve communism. They were communists, but they did not claim that USSR's syste
by unity1001 4y ago
The Communist Party in the USSR was a party with communist ideology, aiming to achieve communism. They were communists, but they did not claim that USSR's system was communist at any point. The system was designed to industrialize the USSR, increase literacy and life standards and work towards achieving communism. It wasnt communism itself.
- guerrilla 4y agoYeah, that's what they said and it was in the elite's material interest to say that, which is my point.
- unity1001 4y agoI disagree with such propositions. 'The elite's 'eliteness' in the USSR amounted to eating caviar, getting access to newest cars earlier, getting access to more desirable holiday locations. Otherwise all the citizens got access to everything - housing, free healthcare, education, higher education, childcare, paid maternity leave, paid vacations and all that.
- patmorgan23 4y ago*Until the party was co-opted by authoritarian plutocrats. and still said all the same things without tangibly moving towards those goals.
- unity1001 4y agoWhat I understand from extensive study of the period's history is that they became a war-time administration, and stayed as one. Its no surprise considering the constant push for world war 3 from the US side and economic warfare. In the period, the US almost caused a nuclear war with its hostility, most of which during the time of Reagan, who mounted an all-encompassing military 'exercise' that was identical to a nuclear first strike. And all that, without the constant economic warfare.