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The Russians do not rebel just because they are missing Nescafé and Heineken (www.welt.de)

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[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I doubt if it could be just entirely averted, but if we got Deng instead of Gorba... on the other hand, USSR and Warsaw Pact wasn't China, imperialists were way too invested into toppling and looting it, they would never left us just be there and rule ourselves on the promise of capitalism.

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 4 months ago

For sure, USSR was put under far more stress than China. The other aspect was that, unlike China, USSR was seen as an ideological threat.