• jack [he/him, comrade/them]
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    4 years ago

    Also they have the lessons of the failures of the Soviet Union to learn from. That leads to a lot of unpleasantness in terms of cozying up to capital and even the US in a lot of foreign policy. That sucks ass. But it's a practical decision based on the failures of the USSR always taking on more foreign engagements than it was prepared to handle economically.