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~~oh boy another post for speculating about the future~~

Let's say revolution happens in the USA. How do things end up? Obviously, the ideal is essentially a second USSR. But is that possible? I worry that the world today is too jaded to repeat such an optimistic project. Don't get me wrong, I don't want to bash China or the Chinese model, and I know their strategy is based on their material conditions and trying to outcompete the West, but their cold pragmatism feels very demoralizing. I want a state uncompromisingly committed to workers' rights, the world revolution, and building communism, complete with a supranational proletarian union, but I'm worried that such a thing could never happen in the modern world.

What are you people's thoughts?

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[–] Bazell@lemmy.zip -1 points 5 hours ago (11 children)

Why do you want USSR back if it was good only on a paper and in reality was a dictatorship slavery regime? And especially in the US? If you just want a communism union made from the USA states, then simply say so.

P. S. For those, who worship USSR like it was a God blessed thing(it was not), don't even bother to reply about it to me here. Just press dislike and move on. I don't want to discuss with you your obsession.

[–] iByteABit@hexbear.net 1 points 13 minutes ago

Hey king, you dropped something

spoilerhorsepoo-theory

[–] Oskolki@hexbear.net 1 points 15 minutes ago

You think I'm gonna let you be a dictator and tell me what to do? Hypocrite. You know you can't actually argue for your case and you run away like a coward, but run along and don't bother explaining your weird obsessions to me. Click the dislike button please, the more dislikes i get the more right I am. If you don't reply to me then you agree with me. bean

[–] Bishop_Owl@hexbear.net 3 points 55 minutes ago* (last edited 53 minutes ago)
[–] space_comrade@hexbear.net 4 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Why do you want USSR back if it was good only on a paper and in reality was a dictatorship slavery regime?

jagoff

[–] moss_icon@hexbear.net 4 points 1 hour ago

Anti-communists use buzzwords like The Beatles used to use the word “girl”

[–] abc@hexbear.net 8 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Someone remind me to ban this nerd in like 24 hours; in the meantime, feel free to laugh at their disassociation from reality (there were famously 200+ million slaves in the USSR)

[–] Bazell@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

LOL. Ban now. That is the only thing you can do except being ignorant child with a bit of power. Like, literally, why threaten to do something if you can do it? You don't like truth and don't have ability to comprehend it. And I do have ability to open your mind. So it is like a draw.

[–] space_comrade@hexbear.net 4 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Are you like 12 or something?

[–] Bazell@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (2 children)

I just love these types of questions that are a polite way of asking if someone is stupid or emotionally not an adult. No, I just got so bored that I intentionally entered in a comunity with high levels for communism support and decided to ragebait some locals + fight a little with mod, that for some reason doesn't delete comment or blocks right on place, which I find rather an interesting behavior. Any other questions?

[–] QinShiHuangsShlong@lemmy.ml 2 points 33 minutes ago

No, I just got so bored that I intentionally entered in a comunity with high levels for communism support and decided to ragebait some locals + fight a little with mod, that for some reason doesn’t delete comment or blocks right on place, which I find rather an interesting behavior.

You claim not to be 12 yet you profess this as your motive, curious.

Any other questions?

Have you considered learning to read so that you can become a better more informed person?

[–] moss_icon@hexbear.net 3 points 50 minutes ago

decided to ragebait some locals + fight a little with mod

[–] moss_icon@hexbear.net 11 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

In 1921 Lenin forced 256533 novemtrigintillion men to take estrogen and become transgender. All who refused were sent to the gulag and forced to look at Shrek inflation rule 34. Denialists of this event were later known as the Undertale fandom.

[–] Bazell@lemmy.zip 0 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Answering with brainrot slop? Boring.

[–] moss_icon@hexbear.net 11 points 3 hours ago

You said yourself that you aren’t going to listen to anyone else’s opinions, so why bother making a serious comment

You commented on a fucking Hexbear thread knowing full well what kind of reaction you’d get.

[–] egg1918@hexbear.net 0 points 39 minutes ago

. I don't want to discuss with you your obsession.

Then why the fuck are you still here?

[–] Moidialectica@hexbear.net 21 points 4 hours ago

we don't have a downvote

[–] BattlemechPotemkin@hexbear.net 17 points 4 hours ago

The USSR had serious flaws (it collapsed after all), but it made real and significant advancements over what came before, and what came after was a dramatic decline.

To contrast the US was built on slavery and still hasn't fully outlawed the practice. Turning the states into Soviet republics doesn't even make sense. If you're doing something like that, might as well redo the borders, and make sure native nations and minority groups get equitable representation.

Anyways we have an infographic that can give you a more detailed explanation of how the USSR actually functioned here: https://hexbear.net/PPB

[–] CocteauChameleons@hexbear.net 16 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Erm actually you can't challenge my dumbass opinions

[–] abc@hexbear.net 6 points 2 hours ago

smuglord Just press dislike and move on