I mean how the USSR inherited the imperialist practices of exploiting and oppressing the provinces to strengthen the centre.

Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Siberia, Belarus. All suffered greatly so the Rus could have power.

Its the same story as in the USA. Native Americans and imported slaves suffered so the elite can make their money.

You are not supporting Marxism only, you are throwing some authoritarian Stalinist/Putin propaganda in there.

You can support one and not the other you know.

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As with many things, its a mixed bag. Socialism was certainly better for many than the feudalism, but to say it was a free society is a stretch.

Stalinism was a real thing. Its what you get from centralization of power in the political upper class. Same effect as under Mao.

Its not those people that brought about that system, its that system that brings about those people. The same thing happens in capitalism, where capital concentrates power and appoints their puppets in government.

Anything that concentrates power is a problem and ends up with things like the Ukrainian genocide and Gaza.

First 3 on the left and all the things on the right are correct, because the USSR as not communist, but Stalinist.

We dont ask much of the wealthy.

Leave the world better than you found it. Dont be a dick.

Its also about more than just payment. Treat people like humans.

Those liberals don’t exist. They hate Russia, America and Israel for its imperialism.

It’s call a shaping operation. Something Russian propaganda is very good at.