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Being apart from the norm isn't an indication of correctness or incorrectness, and the overwhelming majority of those who lived in socialist countries that dissolved socialism regret said dissolution, so not sure what your point is.
Being extremely apart of norm usually is.
That's just plainly wrong. Entire communism in Central-Eastern Europe was dissolved in 1988-90 through fair and democratic elections with overwhelming majority of people voting against communism. And I live in one of these states. Noone is missing that sick, perverted system.
Ooh I love this game. They just can't help themselves from using fascist signaling.
We're back again for another round of:
Guess that reactionary
A. Latvian SS descendant
B. Ukrainian Banderite
C. Polish Fascist Flavour Of The Week
D. Monsterous Russian Landlord
E. Other
Turns out it was C, lol. See here
Lemmy really seems to be full of them this is my 3rd or 4th encounter with rabid polish nationalists in under 2 months.
Yea I wonder why that seems to be the case.
Again, the majority of people who lived in socialist countries where socialism was dissolved regret its fall. This makes sense, considering an estimated 7-10 million people died from its dissolution, child prostitution skyrocketed, drug abuse skyrocketed, life expectancy plummeted, homelessness rose, joblesness rose, and economic growth stagnated or collapsed in most countries, only barely recovering decades later and with a privledged few making it out ahead with the rest left behind.
In reality, the USSR was dissolved from the top-down, by the Yeltsin faction, against the wishes of the people.
After this referendum, crisis hit and political instability skyrocketed, resulting in an agreement pushed by those who would loot the former Soviet States for profit.