Filthmontane

I used to love that dude, too. I also used to go on Reddit though. Thankfully, I've outgrown both.

Play Ram Ranch

It was many factions. I'm just saying all of them were trying to have third revolutions while the people starved to death. At some point, revolutions end with a unifying government that isn't trying to murder each other. Lenin was not the villain you're painting him to be.

That's not true at all. The Mensheviks wanted to cooperate with the bourgeoisie and were therefore a bad representation of socialism. Lenin formed the Bolsheviks because the Mensheviks were being stupid. The country was also fractured after the revolution and many groups of counter-revolutionary groups were trying to overthrow the barely formed government. Meanwhile famines were ravaging the country. Understanding the historical context of Russia in 1917 and the economic struggles the people were dealing with is very important to understanding why things happened the way they did. Looking at the aftermath of a revolution where everyone is vying for power and killing each other doesn't automatically make the winner of that power grab the bad guys.

Weird, I was under the impression that the purges happened after Lenin died. Can ghosts lead a purge?

Probably living in the US

Profit sharing fixes all of this because it provides incentives for everyone to go the extra mile so they can make more money.

Authoritarianism is not equal to capabilities. In fact, the Soviet space program was significantly more capable for a very long time

I work in Florida for Raytheon and most of my coworkers likely have a photo of either Reagan or Trump above their fireplace. I don't get to talk politics very often. My mom knows , but the rest of my family doesn't. I get into yelling matches with my mom over politics all the time.

Looking at their space station, I think China already has overtaken NASA.

Communism

The bar in the picture says it's a kilo which is $65, 344. While I could agree with OP that 10 kilos would give you an average house in higher priced areas like new York or LA, it would definitely buy you several nice houses in 1920.