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minus-squareMummysLittleBloodSlut@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24arrow-down3·10 days agoThey are conservatives. They want to conserve the USSR.
minus-squareZILtoid1991@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 days agoGiven that conservatism is pretty much “what if we somehow conserved the power dynamics of the feudal era into democracy?”, Stalinism is just conservatism, but with communism.
minus-squarenjm1314@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·9 days agoThe irony there being that Putin doesn’t want the USSR. He wants to go back to the Russian Empire. He’s kind of open about that.
They are conservatives. They want to conserve the USSR.
Given that conservatism is pretty much “what if we somehow conserved the power dynamics of the feudal era into democracy?”, Stalinism is just conservatism, but with communism.
The irony there being that Putin doesn’t want the USSR. He wants to go back to the Russian Empire. He’s kind of open about that.