In fact, the tragedy of the commons only happens when there is an external market able to absorb all produce. After all, the feudal exploitation is limited by the size of the lord's stomach.
- "All the real communists are dead. They died fighting for communism -- are you dead?" His voice turns into a hiss: "No. You're an inert lumpen with a gun."
CPRF doesn't try to establish links with unions and has ceded a lot of ground to capitalists in attempts to "establish an alliance with national bourgeoisie". It results in morbidly funny things like outright capitalists having important leadership positions in the party and funding monuments to Stalin with their own capital, while opposing any attempts to shift the party to the left.
I was referring exclusively to the post-September 1939 part.
In fact, pre-war fear of revolution of Britain and France and their unwillingness to commit to cooperation with USSR was one of the reasons, why USSR wanted to delay fighting Germany. USSR wanted to avoid being alone against Germany and even feared worse scenario with Germany getting direct support from other capitalist powers.
The reason for French defeat was about 90% incompetence of Allied generals, who managed to send most of the Anglo-French forces straight into the trap in Belgium. The fear of the revolution started influencing their decisions later, when it was already the choice between capitulation and continuing the war from the colonies.
Retrophrenology is real!