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The USSR was the spine of the global working class (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 32 points 4 months ago (6 children)

Yes but not for the reason you think. While the USSR still existed, countries like mine still had to show that they were better than it. That they could offer higher quality of life and that capitalism could be the superior system not just for the elites but the average person as well. That impetus is gone now.

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  • [–] 18 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Yep, all funded through imperialism and neocolonialism too, which is also on the downhill.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    True but again, I'm not sure that the average person in the former colonies benefits from this as they should. Being exploited by your fellow countrymen or global corporations instead of a colonial power offers no inherent improvements, after all.

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  • [–] 11 points 4 months ago

    Progress can only begin once the chains of imperialism are overthrown. The difference between domestic exploitation and international is where the resources and wealth go, in the country or outside it. Further, colonialism is largely gone, but imperialism and neocolonialism are very much still alive, even if they are dying away. That's how the US Empire and Western Europe function.

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  • [–] [S] 16 points 4 months ago (2 children)
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