Yes because this is how geopolitics work. The USSR basically entirely in Europe. The living standards should be comparable to what europe was like. And not what africa was like. Or Mars.
I hardly think the guy who beat the nazis and raised standards of living in the USSR from borderline starvation to comparable with western Europe in a couple decades a failure. There were regular famines before Stalin; after Stalin there were none until capitalism reversed all that progress, immiserated the populace, and decreased all measurements of human development by similar numbers to WWII.
The living standards should be comparable to what europe was like. And not what africa was like. Or Mars.
I don't think geographic location is as significant as a country's, you know, history. Just because they were in Europe doesn't mean that they were starting out on equal footing. If you compare the state of Russia under the tsar to somewhere like Britain or France, then it's clear that the Soviets were starting from a disadvantage. Moreover, they were under constant economic and military threats from most of the developed world. In spite of all of that, they were able to develop quickly enough to defeat the Nazis and become a global superpower.
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Yes because this is how geopolitics work. The USSR basically entirely in Europe. The living standards should be comparable to what europe was like. And not what africa was like. Or Mars.
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man got owned so hard he dropped the mask, went straight for homophobia, then dropped the dorkiest line i've ever read on lemmy lmao
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I hardly think the guy who beat the nazis and raised standards of living in the USSR from borderline starvation to comparable with western Europe in a couple decades a failure. There were regular famines before Stalin; after Stalin there were none until capitalism reversed all that progress, immiserated the populace, and decreased all measurements of human development by similar numbers to WWII.
The CIA admits he wasn't a dictator, merely representing the dictatorship of the proletariat.
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The British?
Lol good bit
the British very nearly got wiped off the map. what are you talking about. it was the Eastern front that saved Britain, by their own admission.
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The BRITISH did lmao bro I can’t
I don't think geographic location is as significant as a country's, you know, history. Just because they were in Europe doesn't mean that they were starting out on equal footing. If you compare the state of Russia under the tsar to somewhere like Britain or France, then it's clear that the Soviets were starting from a disadvantage. Moreover, they were under constant economic and military threats from most of the developed world. In spite of all of that, they were able to develop quickly enough to defeat the Nazis and become a global superpower.
I'm curious, what do you mean by low living standards?
What do you think people were lacking?
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This is a child's understanding of how development works.
paradox map painter brain
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