>ideology turns a frozen backwater shithole into a space-faring

>results can be interpreted in different ways if you define the goals differently

who could have thunk it

>>3359588
civilization is a marathon, not a sprint

>>3359627
>the roman empire isn't around anymore

>"it doesn't work"

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>>3359588
because state capitalism works

>>3359588
It wasnt real communism tho

>>3359630
But it didn't work, their economy and war machine was literally based on loot from warfare.
And add the topic of the cake that the governors became feudal lords with hereditary titles that didn't have to pay taxes you are going to get fucked eventually.

>>3359588
> biggest country on the planet
> massive population
> effectively controls half of Europe
Their success was obviously a result of gommunism.

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>>3361430
>>biggest country on the planet
they don't even use half of that land. why is that relevant?
>>massive population
and? there's a such a thing as having a lot of people who are useless. Just look at Brazil.
>>effectively controls half of Europe
yeah, the half of Europe that nobody else wants.

>>3359588
>Russia in early 19th century
>Most cultured and civilized place in Europe after France

>Russia now
>Drunk bydlos climbing on commieblocks with the secret hope of falling to their death to escape this hellhole

>>3361352
nothing exists forever. Rome is a pinnacle of western civilization that every empires from the Anglos to Krauts all seek to imitate.

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>>3361714
>Most civilized place in Europe after France
>85% of Russian population lived in villages in 1913

>>3359690
This. The ideology was corrupted and exploited by power hungry sadists from day one.

Russia's success is due to it controlling the heartland. Ironically it was air power, ICBMs and nuclear weapons that robbed it of this advantage.

>>3361714
>>Russia in early 19th century
>>Most cultured and civilized place in Europe after France
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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>>3359588
>dominates half the globe for 50 years
No.

>>3361352
>But it didn't work

Considering the alternative it worked very well.

>>3359588
>frozen backwater shithole
First thing that came up to my mind was Chinada or Finland for some reason

>>3361694
> the half of Europe that nobody else wants.

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