/lit/ - Literature

>>11829050
>>11829057
There were no famines in the USSR after Stalin. The aftermath of WW2 was the last one in 1946.

>>11829058
>The increasing tolerance and emplacement of markets was being pushed way before Khrushchev.
While there have always been pro-market people in the party, Stalin was working on eliminating markets.
>Saying that it can only be achieved when every country just submits to it is proof of its inability to work.
Socialism can work in one country, but communism is stateless so you can not have aggressive imperial powers to roll over you. That is literally why Marxism keeps a state.

>>investing
>>argues that the right wing market policies ruined it
What's the problem? The USSR should have put more resources into building computers. How does researching computers contradict anything I said?

>>11825804
>No, they are all about marxism in practice
USSR was hugely successful. Turned Russia from a shithole into a superpower within a few decades while raising living standards and life expectancy for it's people. Not to say it was perfect but it was livable, especially compared to most of South America, Africa, and Asia.

Also, Capitalist famines have killed millions and continue to kill millions to this day.
inb4 "not true Capitalism"