Why did they keeping trying to make it work for seventy four

>>2816123
Because other states were supposed to flip and then help Russia
Have you seriously not studied Marxist-Leninism

>>2816123
>become world superpower
>terrible system of governance

>>2816146
>Millions starve to death and are routinely murdered wherever it holds territory

Yeah, definitely the fucking paradise right there, lad

>>2816146
op BTFO

>>2816159
Doesn't mean they were not a world superpower

>>2816123
>Why did they keeping trying to make it work for seventy four fucking years
because it did work

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>>2816146

>become world power on account of taking over the administration of an existing world power
>total collapse within three generations

Yes it was a terrible system of governance.

>build a civilization from scratch, in the ruins of a works war, with a population of illiterate peasants
>win the biggest war of all time
>have to rebuild again, since your whole country was fucked by said war and basically a while generation was wiped out
>dominate half the world anyway, despite the other half trying to thwart your every move
>go to fucking space before anyone else
>singlehandedly stand toe to toe with all the other "great powers" combined

I mean, they did ok. They could get away with blaming their failures on mostly external factors for a long time.

Was the USSR the best thing to happen to the USA?

Do we need another "worthy adversary" to keep in competition with to ensure we don't stagnate?

>>2816366
Russia went from being a weak power capable of being BTFO by an upstart Japan to becoming a superpower virtually uncontested aside from the US. And it's still one of the strongest superpowers today.

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>>2816396
>And it's still one of the strongest superpowers today.

>>2816159
Russians value relevance and strength over freedom and standards of living.

>>2816404
It is. Problem?

They more or less gave up at achieving "true communism" after the late 1930s and just became another statist dictatorship. During the Cold War, before the 1980s, it was argably a good place to live, probably the best period to live in as a Russian.

>>2816159
>Millions starve to death
Mostly (((ukrainians))) and chinks though.

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>>2816447
>It is.

>>2816471
>implying that Ukrainians are kikes
Out. Now.

>>2816522
>frogposter

>>2816457
1956 was the turning point
All downhill from there