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Not sure how the girl's skin tone is relevant, but apart from that... (lemmy.ml)

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[–] [email protected] 139 points 1 year ago (20 children)

Basing your opinions on socialism on how Russia implemented it makes about as much sense as basing an opinion on Democracy on how Putin has implemented it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (6 children)

How the USSR implemented socialism was pretty great in practice, the real history of it has just been hidden from you behind the thick fog of cold-war anticommunist propaganda.

Here's a good intro video: Michael Parenti - Reflections on the overthrow of the USSR

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