the likelihood the USSR would’ve been aggressive if they had the chance doesn’t change the actual sequence of events.
The USSR and the USA were going to come into conflict for the same reason Capital and Labor have traditionally come into conflict.
Pretending the USSR was full of pacifists, in the wake of two world wars and a brutal civil war, is myopic and revisionist. Pretending that Soviet citizens did not want a true globe-spanning International Union neglects ML theory rather severely. Pretending as though they were not justified in advocating an anti-colonial liberationist ethos is cowardly. Pretending as though the violent overthrow of colonial regimes was not both necessary and good is reactionary.
The USSR and the USA were going to come into conflict for the same reason Capital and Labor have traditionally come into conflict.
Pretending the USSR was full of pacifists, in the wake of two world wars and a brutal civil war, is myopic and revisionist. Pretending that Soviet citizens did not want a true globe-spanning International Union neglects ML theory rather severely. Pretending as though they were not justified in advocating an anti-colonial liberationist ethos is cowardly. Pretending as though the violent overthrow of colonial regimes was not both necessary and good is reactionary.
i didn't say any of that lmao who are you arguing against
USSR good, USA bad, you can't explain that