The USSR had steady and consistent economic growth, and provided free, high quality education and healthcare, full employment, cheap or free housing, and fantastic infrastructure and city planning that still lasts to this day despite capitalism neglecting it. This rapid development resulted in dramatic democratization of society, reduced disparity, doubling of life expectancy, tripling of functional literacy rates to 99.9%, and much more. Living in the 1930s famine would not have been good, but it was the last major famine outside of wartime because the soviets ended famine in their countries.
The USSR brought dramatic democratization to society. First-hand accounts from Statesian journalist Anna Louise Strong in her book This Soviet World describe soviet elections and factory councils in action. Statesian Pat Sloan even wrote Soviet Democracy to describe in detail the system the soviets had built for curious Statesians to read about, and today we have Professor Roland Boer’s Socialism in Power: On the History and Theory of Socialist Governance to reference.
When it comes to social progressivism, the soviet union was among the best out of their peers, so instead we must look at who was actually repressed outside of the norm. In the USSR, it was the capitalist class, the kulaks, the fascists who were repressed. This is out of necessity for any socialist state. When it comes to working class freedoms, however, the soviet union represented a dramatic expansion. Soviet progressivism was documented quite well in Albert Syzmanski’s Human Rights in the Soviet Union.
The truth, when judged based on historical evidence and contextualization, is that socialism was the best thing to happen to Russia in the last few centuries, and its absence has been devastating.
Death rates spiked:
And wealth disparity skyrocketed alongside the newly impoverished majority:
When you look at the US Empire and western Europe as having higher quality of life than the USSR, you are looking at the benefits of imperialism, colonialism, and neocolonialism and wishing the USSR also practiced this, instead of helping liberate colonies and the global south. Russia in particular was a semi-feudal backwater in 1917, and made it to space 5 decades later. The USSR was not the picture of wealth, but was for its time the picture of development and rapid progress.
I don’t give a fuck that their factories never stopped, which they built on the bones of my ancestors, enslaving my brothers and sisters.
All they brought was suffering.
They should have stayed in russia and enjoyed their empty life where human life was nothing more than tiny gear in an engine that’s only a drive is to churn out more useless shit.
No soul. No love. Nothing sacred. No creativity.
Our culture was, and still is rich. With a deep, sacred attitude and bright vision.
And will keep evolving that way, because we are free people.
Go plant a tree. Be a fucking badass, edgiest of them all, and improve the ecosystem. That is the only system that matters for all of us.
Your ancestors were not enslaved, and you seem to have a deeply racist view towards Russians and the other soviet peoples. Socialism uplifted hundreds of millions, it was Tsarism where Russians had empty lives and were ground to dust for profit, profit for kulaks, landlords, aristocrats, and the bourgeoisie. The peasants and industrial workers overthrew the kulaks, aristocracy, landlords, and bourgeoisie precisely because they lived in such misery.
I agree that environmentalism is badass, but we shouldn’t be ecofascists. Ecology requires deliberate, scientific planning of production and distribution, which is only compatible with socialism and communism. Greenwashing and capitalism will never be able to solve the climate crisis.
First of all Russians are not a race.
Second, I don’t talk about russian people, I have plenty of russian friends who are not retarded and can see that cccp was inhuman and oppressive system. It did the same damage to russians too.
Go travel, talk to people.
Find joy in life. If you feel like defending genocidal dictatorship, I can tell you - life is a miracle, enjoy it. Hug your grandmother. Plant a tree.
There are several ethnicities in Russia, and many more were in the soviet union. You’re erasing the fact that the brutal system you called “beautiful,” the kulak system of farming, was so monstrous that the peasantry aligned with industrial workers to overthrow it. This requires dehumanizing them and their struggle. I do have joy in life. I fight for socialism, and a better world in general. Not sure what you’re trying to do here.
The soviets brought one of the greatest increases in quality of life in recorded history for millions of people, your kulak kin threw a fit about being asked to help make that happen and got what they deserved
The USSR had steady and consistent economic growth, and provided free, high quality education and healthcare, full employment, cheap or free housing, and fantastic infrastructure and city planning that still lasts to this day despite capitalism neglecting it. This rapid development resulted in dramatic democratization of society, reduced disparity, doubling of life expectancy, tripling of functional literacy rates to 99.9%, and much more. Living in the 1930s famine would not have been good, but it was the last major famine outside of wartime because the soviets ended famine in their countries.
Literacy rates, societal guarantees in the 1936 constitution, reports on the healthcare system over time, and more are good sources for these claims.
The USSR brought dramatic democratization to society. First-hand accounts from Statesian journalist Anna Louise Strong in her book This Soviet World describe soviet elections and factory councils in action. Statesian Pat Sloan even wrote Soviet Democracy to describe in detail the system the soviets had built for curious Statesians to read about, and today we have Professor Roland Boer’s Socialism in Power: On the History and Theory of Socialist Governance to reference.
When it comes to social progressivism, the soviet union was among the best out of their peers, so instead we must look at who was actually repressed outside of the norm. In the USSR, it was the capitalist class, the kulaks, the fascists who were repressed. This is out of necessity for any socialist state. When it comes to working class freedoms, however, the soviet union represented a dramatic expansion. Soviet progressivism was documented quite well in Albert Syzmanski’s Human Rights in the Soviet Union.
The truth, when judged based on historical evidence and contextualization, is that socialism was the best thing to happen to Russia in the last few centuries, and its absence has been devastating.
Death rates spiked:
And wealth disparity skyrocketed alongside the newly impoverished majority:
Capitalism brought with it skyrocketing poverty rates, drug abuse, prostitution, homelessness, crime rates, and lowered life expectancy. An estimated 7 million people died due to the dissolution of socialism and reintroduction of capitalism, and the large majority of post-soviet citizens regret its fall. A return to socialism is the only path forward for the post-soviet countries.
When you look at the US Empire and western Europe as having higher quality of life than the USSR, you are looking at the benefits of imperialism, colonialism, and neocolonialism and wishing the USSR also practiced this, instead of helping liberate colonies and the global south. Russia in particular was a semi-feudal backwater in 1917, and made it to space 5 decades later. The USSR was not the picture of wealth, but was for its time the picture of development and rapid progress.
What you still don’t understand?
I don’t give a fuck that their factories never stopped, which they built on the bones of my ancestors, enslaving my brothers and sisters.
All they brought was suffering. They should have stayed in russia and enjoyed their empty life where human life was nothing more than tiny gear in an engine that’s only a drive is to churn out more useless shit. No soul. No love. Nothing sacred. No creativity.
Our culture was, and still is rich. With a deep, sacred attitude and bright vision. And will keep evolving that way, because we are free people.
Go plant a tree. Be a fucking badass, edgiest of them all, and improve the ecosystem. That is the only system that matters for all of us.
Your ancestors were not enslaved, and you seem to have a deeply racist view towards Russians and the other soviet peoples. Socialism uplifted hundreds of millions, it was Tsarism where Russians had empty lives and were ground to dust for profit, profit for kulaks, landlords, aristocrats, and the bourgeoisie. The peasants and industrial workers overthrew the kulaks, aristocracy, landlords, and bourgeoisie precisely because they lived in such misery.
Counter to what you believe, the arts flourished. Soviet cinema was beautiful, and unlike in the west, was not subject to the same profit pressures and thus directors had more freedom. In paintings, the soviets centered the working classes and a beautiful, hopeful picture for the future:
I agree that environmentalism is badass, but we shouldn’t be ecofascists. Ecology requires deliberate, scientific planning of production and distribution, which is only compatible with socialism and communism. Greenwashing and capitalism will never be able to solve the climate crisis.
First of all Russians are not a race. Second, I don’t talk about russian people, I have plenty of russian friends who are not retarded and can see that cccp was inhuman and oppressive system. It did the same damage to russians too.
Go travel, talk to people.
Find joy in life. If you feel like defending genocidal dictatorship, I can tell you - life is a miracle, enjoy it. Hug your grandmother. Plant a tree.
There are several ethnicities in Russia, and many more were in the soviet union. You’re erasing the fact that the brutal system you called “beautiful,” the kulak system of farming, was so monstrous that the peasantry aligned with industrial workers to overthrow it. This requires dehumanizing them and their struggle. I do have joy in life. I fight for socialism, and a better world in general. Not sure what you’re trying to do here.
The soviets brought one of the greatest increases in quality of life in recorded history for millions of people, your kulak kin threw a fit about being asked to help make that happen and got what they deserved