I shared this deep in a dunk thread earlier and figured there's probably many comrades who haven't seen this data. I think it's very good rhetorically because a lot of libs have an incredibly vibes-based impression that the Soviet Union was just an Animal Farm old-boss-same-as-the-new-boss situation.

Instead, this demonstrates that Russia underwent one of the most dramatic inversions of income inequality of any country in recorded history.

For comparison here is the US over the same time period:

China:

And the UK:

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[–] MF_COOM@hexbear.net 19 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I don't think that's a very charitable characterization of their perspective comrade. It's not unreasonable to be concerned about those levels of inequality.

[–] GaveUp@hexbear.net 21 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Ik, I'm not really trying to start a conflict or debate

Just playfully responding to one casual quip with another

If they put a more serious critique or question I would've ignored it or replied with an equally respectful response

[–] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 19 points 2 years ago

I don't think the other one was being very charitable either shrug-outta-hecks