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The Soviets history is not so simple. ;)
by NoOn3 8mo ago
The Soviets history is not so simple. ;)
- WalterBright 8mo agoThe Soviets aren't the only country that tried that. It's never worked out anywhere it was tried.
- EA-3167 8mo agoI’m not arguing in favor of it, I’m just aware of how the world works. You also seem to have forgotten France among other places where the history wasn’t as grim as Russia. Frankly nothing Russia has ever done seems to make their lot better.
- WalterBright 8mo agoYou're overlooking the Reign of Terror. Consider Pol Pot (Cambodia). How'd that work out? Cuba? How'd that go? Venezuela, anyone? For a counter-example, the US. The greatest rise in the standard of living in history, with free markets where paupers could get rich.
- EA-3167 8mo agoI'm not overlooking anything, including the desperate circumstances that led things like the French revolution and ensuing violence. The US went through a war to be free, plenty of people died and it could have easily gone another way. If everyone followed your advice India would still belong to the UK. I also think it's unhelpful to compare utter madness like the killing fields of Cambodia with a typical (even failed) revolution. More typical outcomes can be seen in the wake of the "Arab Spring", which arguably achieved nothing at great cost. That doesn't mean that people won't try again though, drowning people are dangerous and irrational, and I'd argue that's why leaders and people with power should work very hard to prevent those circumstances from emerging. In a country like the US it isn't that hard.
- leptons 8mo agoIt seems to have worked out alright for the French.
- WalterBright 8mo agoIt worked out very badly for them. See "Reign of Terror". The Revolution ended when Napoleon declared himself a hereditary monarch. Things went full circle.
- WalterBright 8mo agoConsider also the American Revolution. Nobody went on a rampage to kill the wealthy. Things went very well for America.