The Russian state pays respects to the Soviet Union because socialism is more popular in Russia than capitalism is. United Russia tries to steer it into a Russian nationalist direction, but the underlying fact is that Russia needs socialism to return, and people feel this very well. That’s why the Russian state tries to support these demonstrations.
As one who was born in Russia and have been living there for 30 years until 2022 when the shitty government started the brutal invasion to Ukraine, I see this completely different. Russia is far away from socialism and is reuled by oligarchs. All the praise to Soviet Union is about only war propaganda to justify the imperial wars organized by Putin and his friends oligarchs.
Russia will not reform its way to socialism. The very fact that the nationalists cannot address the needs of the people is why Soviet nostalgia is rising. United Russia will not bring socialism, but it also doesn’t have much support outside of support for Putin himself, which will not outlast him. In the long run, a return to socialism is a necessity for the Russian people.
It also helps that DPRK, China, and Vietnam are some of the main Russian allies now. People used to look up to the west and wanting to become like the Americans and the Europeans. Now, they’ve been cured of that thanks to the war, and they’re increasingly looking at what’s happening in the socialist states they’re allied with and realizing Russia could’ve been developing like that as well if the socialist path wasn’t abandoned.
Yep! Excellent point, through the war they have developed ties that are incredibly difficult for the nationalists to explain why they can better give people what they want. It’s accelerating this process.
Yup, and I think you’re completely right that United Russia is basically propped up by Putin’s personality. Once he’s gone, there will be a power vacuum and KPRF only keeps getting more popular. They’re not without problems, but they’re way further left than anything in the west.
Again, agreed. It would be nice if the KPRF were similar to the Bolsheviks under a Lenin/Stalin/Sverdlov style figure, but it’s also important to know that the people make revolution, and so in the process of revolution it is the people that take power, guided by the party, not the party alone.
That’s fair, there’s still a lot of work to be done there. At least most libs, like the one in this thread, fled Russia now, so the healing process can begin.
The Russian state pays respects to the Soviet Union because socialism is more popular in Russia than capitalism is. United Russia tries to steer it into a Russian nationalist direction, but the underlying fact is that Russia needs socialism to return, and people feel this very well. That’s why the Russian state tries to support these demonstrations.
As one who was born in Russia and have been living there for 30 years until 2022 when the shitty government started the brutal invasion to Ukraine, I see this completely different. Russia is far away from socialism and is reuled by oligarchs. All the praise to Soviet Union is about only war propaganda to justify the imperial wars organized by Putin and his friends oligarchs.
Russia will not reform its way to socialism. The very fact that the nationalists cannot address the needs of the people is why Soviet nostalgia is rising. United Russia will not bring socialism, but it also doesn’t have much support outside of support for Putin himself, which will not outlast him. In the long run, a return to socialism is a necessity for the Russian people.
It also helps that DPRK, China, and Vietnam are some of the main Russian allies now. People used to look up to the west and wanting to become like the Americans and the Europeans. Now, they’ve been cured of that thanks to the war, and they’re increasingly looking at what’s happening in the socialist states they’re allied with and realizing Russia could’ve been developing like that as well if the socialist path wasn’t abandoned.
Yep! Excellent point, through the war they have developed ties that are incredibly difficult for the nationalists to explain why they can better give people what they want. It’s accelerating this process.
Yup, and I think you’re completely right that United Russia is basically propped up by Putin’s personality. Once he’s gone, there will be a power vacuum and KPRF only keeps getting more popular. They’re not without problems, but they’re way further left than anything in the west.
Again, agreed. It would be nice if the KPRF were similar to the Bolsheviks under a Lenin/Stalin/Sverdlov style figure, but it’s also important to know that the people make revolution, and so in the process of revolution it is the people that take power, guided by the party, not the party alone.
couldn’t have put it better myself
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I wouldn’t say cured, but the veil is slowly lifting.
That’s fair, there’s still a lot of work to be done there. At least most libs, like the one in this thread, fled Russia now, so the healing process can begin.
Lol. Mean ass. ❤️