If the USSR was some Evil Totalitarian Empire doing 1984 to its populace, how come it simply... broke up peacefully?
If the USSR was some starvation state unable to fulfill even basic human needs, how come every successor state had an immediate and sustained collapse in life expectancy and standards of living?

[–] LeniX@lemmygrad.ml 33 points 4 months ago

Never underestimate liberals' ability to do space-warping levels of mental gymnastics

[–] yet_another_commie@lemmygrad.ml 24 points 4 months ago

It's because EVIL GOMMUNIST PAST PROBLEMS

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 18 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Also, in the years after USSR, how come they weren't able to find any evidence of the supposed atrocities USSR was committing. Certainly wasn't for lack of trying.

[–] knfrmity@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 4 months ago

I find it so telling that for all the people who rushed to the Soviet archives in the early nineties, the only people who ultimately published their findings were people like Grover Furr in order to say "here's some more confirmation of what I've been telling you."

[–] Red_Scare@lemmygrad.ml 31 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

The graph looks exactly the same in Ukraine:

[–] SlayGuevara@lemmygrad.ml 21 points 4 months ago

Such a shame. I visited Latvia years ago for some weeks and traveled around the country with a Latvian friend. Extremely nice people everywhere, offering food and drinks and whatnot every chance they got.

[–] Pili@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 4 months ago

No libs saying crap like "that's because they weren't allowed to leave before!! now they have freedom!!!"?