I think the exploitation and enslavement of colonized people is a separate issue to an extend. At the same time, the decadent western values things was used as a propaganda point and fully embraced. I do believe that this was due to these countries mostly skipping the industrialization and liberalisation that countries in the West experienced, but still doesnt change the fact that the Soviets have a pretty shitty track records here, whereas bourgeoise countries do not. This is in no way ignoring and minimizing the exploitation. You can say that the bougie countries did something good, and that does not invalidate the bad. In fact we want to learn from the good and make sure we dont repeat the bad.