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>>19937118
>why was this group more effective than the other groups they constantly killed and sabotaged until they were the only group left
really makes you think

imagine actually making the argument the soviets were competent, tip top fucking KEK

>>19865508
>The Collapse can come unexpectedly and irreversibly out of the blue for like 99% of population, as the USSR showed.

>>17804611
You're meant to pretend everyone is participatory in said government so you're giving it to yourself. Of course the reality is different but since when do communists concern themselves with what's real?

>>17712873
No, the collapse was very gradual until eventually the façade of functionality couldn't be sustained. Everyday the internal systems crept nearer to collapse as ideology superseded functionality and those who contributed to sustaining things like the food supply, availability of medicine, or even just talented or educated people to fill certain jobs had to compromise in their roles and lie to fit the party reality divorced from the real reality. There was no conspiracy, everyone knew what was happening and dreaded each new day aware it might be the one.

t. Belarusian who fled the USSR in the 80s

>>6741016
pretty sure that is an argument for selfish gene theory