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[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

A lot of people don't realize that the Soviet Union was seen as a bastion of democracy before the cold war, because it genuinely got a lot right.

In fact, it was democratic to a fault. Ultimately it was the people who voted to bring capitalism into the country. It was all downhill from there.