In a way, yes. Capitalism paved the way for Proletarian revolution, which ultimately was a dramatic improvement on the largely unindustrialized and poor backwater Tsarist regime.
The point is that it’s a class war. It always has been. It’s about a system of government where the country’s wealth is concentrated into a small, ruling class of billionaires, who use the media they own to keep the lower classes fighting with each other while they . . . the rich . . . run off with all the farking money.
Oh wait. that’s capitalism. Amazing how much soviet Russians government has in common with “capitalism.”
Wealth concentration was far more equalized in the Soviet system and far more concentrated in the Capitalist system it is today and the Tsarist regime it was before. This wealth was expanded into large safety nets like free healthcare and education, large infrastructure projects like trains, and public housing.
It certainly wasn’t perfect, but it wasn’t Capitalism by any stretch, even during the NEP when there was significant market forces at play.
It was certainly a dramatic improvement on the Tsarist regime, but it wasn’t a mythical worker paradise either. Blackshirts and Reds is a good book on the subject.
I suppose Stalin’s Russia was also capitalism’s fault somehow
Stalin saved the world from fascism and liberals will never forgive him for it
In a way, yes. Capitalism paved the way for Proletarian revolution, which ultimately was a dramatic improvement on the largely unindustrialized and poor backwater Tsarist regime.
The point is that it’s a class war. It always has been. It’s about a system of government where the country’s wealth is concentrated into a small, ruling class of billionaires, who use the media they own to keep the lower classes fighting with each other while they . . . the rich . . . run off with all the farking money.
Oh wait. that’s capitalism. Amazing how much soviet Russians government has in common with “capitalism.”
Wealth concentration was far more equalized in the Soviet system and far more concentrated in the Capitalist system it is today and the Tsarist regime it was before. This wealth was expanded into large safety nets like free healthcare and education, large infrastructure projects like trains, and public housing.
It certainly wasn’t perfect, but it wasn’t Capitalism by any stretch, even during the NEP when there was significant market forces at play.
That’s not capitalism that’s just greed, one is an economic system the other is human nature that’ll come out in any society
The problem is that NutWrench is wrong, here. Wealth disparity shrank during the Soviet system and was higher before and after it.
No, Stalin’s Russia was a paradise for all with zero issues, obviously.
It was certainly a dramatic improvement on the Tsarist regime, but it wasn’t a mythical worker paradise either. Blackshirts and Reds is a good book on the subject.