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DeathToAmerica wrote

That part about how seven million Russians drunk themselves to death when Russia went capitalist is fascinating. Why would millions of communists suddenly let oligarchs take everything from them? I can't believe they didn't revolt.

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PoisonDartFrog OP wrote

Because the Russian elite were smart about it, they sabotaged the USSR for decades to make it ineffective and corrupt so that the people would have no option but to submit to neoliberalism.

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