Cypress (04-17-2021)
Tough to say since Stalin was what held the Party together, most of whom would have perished in a nuclear attack along with all the centralized features of a totalitarian socialist government.
Look at what happened when the Soviet Union did collapse. They spent more time fighting each other than anyone else. Look at how multiple states declared independence and were willing to fight for it. The entire region would devolve into something like the Balkans conflicts of the early 90s. Poland, and the other conquered nations would have freed themselves. The US presence would mainly be at the United Nations.
Without the USSR to prop it up, what would have happened in China?
"Hatred is a failure of imagination" - Graham Greene, "The Power and the Glory"
Cypress (04-17-2021)
Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. Samuel Johnson, 1775
Religion....is the opiate of the people. Karl Marx, 1848
Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose. Kris Kristofferson, 1969
I'd want to take a look at the specifics of what you are declaring. It's like the lying assholes who say socialism works then point at Sweden, which is not a socialist nation or those who whine about "gun violence" while hiding the fact 2/3s of those deaths are suicides.
"Hatred is a failure of imagination" - Graham Greene, "The Power and the Glory"
If you refuse to speak English, we have a problem communicating.
Both Sweden and your Netherlands ARE Socialist nations using the connotation that American democratic socialists use.
If you don't think that they're socialist nations, why do you scream "socialism' whenever we try to adopt their superior methods? Who's the lying asshole, Oom?
Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. Samuel Johnson, 1775
Religion....is the opiate of the people. Karl Marx, 1848
Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose. Kris Kristofferson, 1969
Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. Samuel Johnson, 1775
Religion....is the opiate of the people. Karl Marx, 1848
Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose. Kris Kristofferson, 1969
"Hatred is a failure of imagination" - Graham Greene, "The Power and the Glory"
Did you get your GED from an Evangelical Christian School, Oom?
Socialism and capitalism run concurrently in EVERY economy. It's where one chooses to draw the line.
When you cry out "socialism" for attempting to emulate nations that you call "non-socialist,"
you're then obviously talking out of your ass and nobody needs to hear, see, or smell it.
I'm not angry. I'm a little hungry, perhaps, having had a light lunch, but I'm not going to let this absurd "conversation" ruin my appetite.
I've got two hours to drink first, thankfully.
Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. Samuel Johnson, 1775
Religion....is the opiate of the people. Karl Marx, 1848
Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose. Kris Kristofferson, 1969
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