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[–] 43 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Soviet Union was also a collection of many countries too. If you added all the former USSR countries medal tallies up over the 35 years,, I wonder what if it would be closer. Also it shouldn't be forgotten that other countries have got a lot better during that time and the USSR was also big into doping.

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  • [–] 76 points 8 months ago (21 children)

    It's amazing what a national, professionally managed doping programme can do.

    "Look how strong and healthy we are in our shit hole country" was the message.

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  • [–] 18 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Yanks are pretty good at that also, and also a shithole 😂

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  • [+] -6 points 8 months ago*

    Idiots are good an insinuating instead of proving anything… you are the shithole so care to prove anything… vs yanks that gave value????

    When did yanks use drugs? Jessie Owen’s? How stupid do you want to get???

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  • [+] [S] -70 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (17 children)

    lol. Shit hole country? Everyone had a job Everyone had a home No one was starving

    why are you salty about them? Is there any proof of doping?

    Edit: I know about holodomor. I am talking about except that

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  • [–] 47 points 8 months ago (12 children)

    Everyone had a job because it was illegal to not have a job. Homeless people were simply put in prison.

    The millions of people who died during holodomor would have a different word about starvation.

    If it would be that good, people wouldn't wanted to escape.

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  • [+] [S] -53 points 8 months ago (11 children)

    Nothing wrong in making unemployment illegal. Homes were given to everyone, no one would want to be voluntarly homeless, putting in prison is bullshit. Famine is different from starvation and fighting for bread every day. Capitalism starves 6 million people every year. Way more than during soviet famine. Famines were common in pre soviet russia - only one under soviet russia.

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  • [–] 12 points 8 months ago (10 children)

    In Hungary the law was called KMK short for Közveszélyes Munka Kerülés, English term is "Social Parasitism", but direct translation is something like "work avoidance damgerous to the public". All soviet aligned countries had similar laws. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_parasitism_(offense)

    Holodomor happened 1932-33, more than 10 years after the establishment of USSR.

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  • [+] [S] -16 points 8 months ago (9 children)

    I literally said one famine under soviet Russia and that was "holodomor"

    I am aware of such laws, no one wants to be unemployed.

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  • [–] 14 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (4 children)

    Your definition of unemployed differed wildly from the state's definition. E.g. writers, artists who doesn't had a day to day job in the classical sense were also considered unemployed if they didn't agree fully with the state. What if the state said the only job you can get is in a stone mine in Siberia? This was also used frequently for opposition people. They couldn't get a job in their profession, so they had to choose between a not fitting job and between prison. Is this what you want?

    About famines. You compare it to tsarist Russia, and I can't find any notable one from the 19th century. I wouldn't compare it to pre-industrial revolution as it was a totally different times. And why don't you compare it to a country from the list of olympic medals?

    And you wrote "No one was starving" then "I literally said one famine".... Please, at least be consistent. You brought up the topic of starvation.

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  • [–] [S] -4 points 8 months ago* (3 children)

    No, writers and artists had state guilds in which they worked and were paid by the state for their work. Stop this baseless fear mongering

    Id rather work in a mine than to keep slacking and excepting free food.

    Whats exactly the problem in this model?

    Pre soviet russia famines: 1.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_famine_of_1891%E2%80%931892 2. Famines mentioned in this article like 1897, early 1900s and 1921-22 famine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droughts_and_famines_in_Russia_and_the_Soviet_Union

    I said no one was starving on daily basis. I expect people to understand that

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    I fucking love when westerners tell me that my own experiences I lived through are fake. Wtf man, I had a relative who couldn't work as journalists because they took part in the 1956 revolution, and he had to work as swineherd his whole life later. He died some years ago.

    The Party told you to ignore the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.

    That's just one famine. I wouldn't count the 1921-22 famine to any system as that's was because of the civil war, not from the mismanagement.

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  • [–] [S] 0 points 8 months ago

    I am not a westerner lol.

    Multiple famines are listed in 2nd link. Death via starvation often occurred without famine too.

    I have one friend whose geandparents say they lived happy lives in USSR and after it dissolved many low level workers lost their jobs or died

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    You literally said "no one was starving" though

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  • [+] [S] -6 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Damn bro I thought ppl here understood english, sry my bad

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  • [–] 7 points 8 months ago (3 children)
  • [+] [S] -25 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    mentions one olympics no proof that all atheletes ever were doped

    several amrikkkan athletes are also banned for doping

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  • [–] 16 points 8 months ago (9 children)
  • [–] 25 points 8 months ago (6 children)

    Gotta be a troll. Look at their profile. They’re wishing the USSR had never fallen and praising lenin. Maybe they got lost from .ml?

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  • [+] [S] -10 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (5 children)

    Anyone from 3rd world who is suffering from american menace wishes that USSR had never fallen, we felt safe atleast lol. Not to mention USSR was strong ally of my country and supported us in a war when USA sided with the enemy.

    And now the shit USA is doing in cuba and venezuela, threatening annexation of greenland makes it even more evident.

    Only westerns and americans are taught to brainlessly hate the USSR.

    I absolutely admire lenin, any sane person would. (Except if you are brainwashed amrikkkan or european that is)

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  • [–] 12 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    Did you know Lenin invaded other countries? Trump is bat shit crazy for the idea of invading Greenland. Lenin actually invaded countries:

    Poland

    Azerbaijan

    Armenia

    Georgia

    Ukraine

    Belarus

    Turkestan (along with other areas)

    Estonia

    Latvia

    Lithuania

    Also, he heavily censored the press and heavily censored free speech.

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  • [+] [S] -10 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 child)

    Lenin didnt invade any of those. He favored exporting revolution, workers of those nations established soviet republic themselves and later joined USSR. If Lenin was invader he wouldnt have preserved their different identity. I dont care about free speech, its bourgeoisie bullshit propaganda to keep masses as sheep

    Lenin is one the greatest men in history.

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  • [–] 12 points 8 months ago

    It’s a miracle how a shot of hormones in your ass can impact your performance.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    They would be #1 if it weren't for Lance Armstrong and his doping antics.

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    [+] [S] -46 points 8 months ago

    Socialism is just superior

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