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[–] huge_clock@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Go to the Wikipedia homepage: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union

State Capitalism a term used exclusively by a vocal minority of leftists to gaslight, revise and no-true-Scotsman historical events to fit their ideological world-view.

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

As a term, communist state is used by Western historians, political scientists, and media to refer to these countries. However, these states do not describe themselves as communist nor do they claim to have achieved communism, as it would constitute an oxymoron—they refer to themselves as socialist states that are in the process of constructing socialism.