James Heartfield:
without distinguishing it from the dictatorial regime that held sway in the USSR from 1924 to 1989.
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Why 1989? USSR collapsed in 1991.
Gorbachev was a dictator?
--- Instead of liberating people from want and servitude it starved and overworked them.
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What era are we talking about here? Stalin died in 1953. Post-Stalin USSR was quite liberated from want.
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It was *even worse than* capitalism.
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Definitely a minority opinion in Russia.
--- It is a shame that the Soviet Union was never overthrown by the working class, but its passing is a good thing, not a bad thing for the left, which can be rid of this negative influence.
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Say that to most people in Russia and you'll get cursed.
Nu, zayats, pogodi!
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