The USSR was Socialist, as is Cuba, Vietnam, Laos, etc. These countries were and are built and run by Marxists, it's safe to consider these hundreds of millions to be Communists. What "Comminists" are you thinking of that are "true Communists" that disqualifies the hundreds of millions who work to build Socialism in real life?

[–] makyo@lemmy.world -2 points 5 days ago (4 children)

It was also an authoritarian dictatorship with about as many scruples as the Nazi regime. People seem to forget that saying simply ‘socialism’ ignores the other half of the equation altogether.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Declassified CIA report:

Even in Stalin’s time there was collective leadership. The Western idea of a dictator within the Communist setup is exaggerated. Misunderstandings on that subject are caused by lack of comprehension of the real nature and organization of the Communist power structure. Stalin, although holding wide powers, was merely the captain of a team and it seems obvious that Khrushchev will be the new captain.

A lot of the cold war propaganda about the USSR turned out to be bullshit, as contemporary Western academic historians will tell you, including Domenico Losurdo.

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