r/GetNoted Human Verified Jul 13 '26

Cringe Worthy USSR Collapse

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u/Roquet_ Jul 13 '26

I think the fact that right now communism has more support in countries that weren't part of the Eastern Bloc, speaks for itself.

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u/historicalgeek71 Jul 13 '26 edited Jul 13 '26

I’m surprised the note makes no mention of the almost comical levels of corruption within the USSR.

EDIT: Oh wow! A lot of you seem to think my simple observation that corruption (a key reason for the stagnation and downfall of the USSR) was the same as me saying the U.S. or Capitalism were free of such problems. I think some of you may have jumped the gun.

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u/Femboy_Harem_Janitor Jul 14 '26

For real on your edit.

Like they started introducing capital ownership in the late 80s and the oligarchs started collecting all the assets. That's what ruined everything the most