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Communism in theory vs in practice (lemmy.ml)
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[–] MarxMadness@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 8 hours ago

The USSR’s implementation of communism was so bad, it’s become cliche.

So bad that after the fall of the Soviet Union, its former republics all had an immediate, sustained downturn in their quality of life, and a corresponding uptick in mortality.