• dangblingus@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Fact: Russia never actually implemented Communism. Stalin had the Bolsheviks assassinated. Stalinism is just Fascism calling itself Socialism by invoking Marx and Lenin’s names.

      Also Fact: Tsarist Imperialism was extremely shitty as well. Shitty economy forcing people to pay workers in vodka.

      Also Also Fact: when your normal is brutality, you tend to be brutal to others.

    • The Snark Urge@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      It goes back further. I’m pointing fingers at the first Tsar, because I don’t know much about what was going on before that, but the dots connect as far back as that at least.

      Edit: On review, all of Russia might have been fucked from the jump thanks to the Mongols.