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[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago (3 children)

And a relevant passage from This Soviet World by Anna Louise Strong

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

How frustrating. I can't seem to find a paper copy of this book for sale anywhere. There's an archived copy online which seems really interesting: https://archive.org/details/this-soviet-world/page/173/mode/2up

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Yea, I don't think it is being sold as a paper copy anywhere, I did however type it up: https://comlib.encryptionin.space/epubs/this-soviet-world/

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

rat-salute

Thank you for transcribing a better version. Reading over the agriculture section it seems fascinating.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

It is a very interesting book. I recommend reading it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

That part about gold being impossible to depose didn't age well. 😢

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Well, USSR wasn't really dictatorship of proletariat, but rather dictatorship of party leader(s) and the KGB

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

The government in USSR very much represented the working class. Maybe actually spend a bit of time learning about USSR instead of regurgitating propaganda points you've memorized?

edit: I love how mad libs of lemmy get when faced with basic historical facts

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

Hopefully we'll see one some day