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on Literature links? · c/asklemmygrad · 4 pts · 2y

I would recommend reading a lot of other theory before starting Kapital. The USSR also wrote a textbook on Political Economy that was designed for students and may be easier to understand. It also talks about things that aren't in Kapital like imperialism, socialism, and feudal and slave societies.

on Literature links? · c/asklemmygrad · 5 pts · 2y

This (scroll down halfway to the economic doctrines section) talks about different economic schools including the petty-bourgeois views of Sismondi and others. You should also read the Principles of Communism.

ProleWiki also has two beginner reading lists for Marxism: 1 2

on Oh dear... · c/genzedong · 28 pts · 2y

Kings and Generals literally has a guy from the NED writing their scripts.

R/communism has a series of masterposts on these countries. Overall, they all improved standards of living and were way better than feudalism or fascism. The majority of people in the Eastern Bloc say life was better under socialism except in a few countries like Poland and Czechia. The GDR was probably the most successful of the Eastern Bloc countries despite suffering at first from war reparations.

In terms of LGBT rights, the Warsaw Pact countries (besides Romania) were much more progressive than the USSR itself and all decriminalized LGBT relationships in the 1960s.

Flaws include Yugoslavia never collectivizing land, allowing kulaks into the party, and sometimes siding with the USA in foreign policy; Romania’s nationalist deviations and bad abortion policy; Poland’s lack of a domestic revolution and reliance on Soviet occupation for their revolution; and Albania’s isolationism, which caused stagnation even though Hoxha was right in criticizing Khrushchev.

Success of German and Hungarian revolutions or avoiding the Marshall Plan. Europe was in ruins after WWII and the US said they would only give assistance to countries that voted for right-wing parties. The CIA also infiltrated the elections of France and Italy to stop communists from winning, since they were very popular after leading the resistance in the war. At the same time, the British and US helped monarchists defeat communists in the Greek Civil War.

The GDR started allowing more travel to the west in the 1970s. You could visit if you were aged over 50 or had relatives in the west, and other people could also visit but they had to wait much longer and get an approval from the Stasi (most requests were approved). By 1988, millions of people legally visited West Germany each year and over 99.9% returned to the GDR.

on Decolonized France · c/moretankie196 · 3 pts · 3y

You would probably have to draw clear borders and have different groups compromise on where to draw the line. Since a lot of natives were exiled to Oklahoma, some nations might be split with one section in their homeland and one where their reservations are now, and both sections could be part of the same ASSR or whatever you would call the regions.