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[–] diablicja@lemmy.zip 5 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (2 children)

I'm Eastern European, my country was exploited by USSR until less than 40 years ago. My bad for getting excited about the prospect of being able to walk in old age, it's all my fault for -checks notes- joining a freedom of trade and movement organisation

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 hours ago

You imperialist coloniser superpower douchebag!

[–] plyth@feddit.org -4 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

my country was exploited by USSR

Do you have a source for that? The inefficiencies of Communism and the lack of cheap third world resources is not the same as being colonised or post-colonised like a third world country.

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 4 points 9 hours ago (1 children)
[–] plyth@feddit.org 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Why not? It shows that the USSR was doing the opposite.

However, especially by the end, the USSR was effectively paying to keep satellites afloat.

The first comment mentions as exploitation the dismantled production lines from East Germany. Counting war reparations as exploitation is not a honest argument.

The author shifts the tone latet-on.

It doesn't necessarily mean it was a benefit for the satellites either, though. There's a case to be made it was mutually detrimental to both parties.

[–] diablicja@lemmy.zip 4 points 9 hours ago

I'm not entering the exploitation olympics here, feel free to disregard my argument if Eastern Europe doesn't clear the suffering threshold in your book.