It is. But it is a right-wing gangster state where roaming bands of Nazi apologists aren't literally killing people outside of your town for speaking Russian. That's a pretty substantial difference for the working class.
That being said, despite what you hear, I'd say that overall working conditions in Russia are better these days than say, most of the American south? In fact, it kinda mimics the American South in terms of what kind of industries are developed there, with the exception of a million Dollar Generals. Not that that is saying much, but pretending Russia is somehow unique here is telling. Ukraine is the odd duck out here because it made most of the implicit right-wing violence in the system explicit. Hence why it has been in a civil conflict since 2014.
It is. But it is a right-wing gangster state where roaming bands of Nazi apologists aren't literally killing people outside of your town for speaking Russian. That's a pretty substantial difference for the working class.
That being said, despite what you hear, I'd say that overall working conditions in Russia are better these days than say, most of the American south? In fact, it kinda mimics the American South in terms of what kind of industries are developed there, with the exception of a million Dollar Generals. Not that that is saying much, but pretending Russia is somehow unique here is telling. Ukraine is the odd duck out here because it made most of the implicit right-wing violence in the system explicit. Hence why it has been in a civil conflict since 2014.