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gengwyn | 1 year ago

Because the failures of the USSR occurred entirely within the USSR's borders, under its jurisdiction, and were entirely within its power to resolve. Meanwhile, the 9 million deaths of starvation you cite are across multiple countries with multiple overlapping legal regimes and are multi-causal, from corruption to war and failed states like Haiti and Syria.

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kylestlb|1 year ago

This isn't the ringing endorsement of global capitalism that you think it is