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Zskills 77 points ago +78 / -1

It's also the fastest surest way to usher in a communist regime: create poverty so bad that the middle class is willing to accept total government control.

Straight out of the commie playbook.

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giantrabbit1 33 points ago +33 / -0

And notice how the "total govt control" stayed even after the Soviet Union dissolved. Even though Russia today isn't Communist, it is still semi-totalitarian.

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Populist_Leader 24 points ago +24 / -0

Russia today is more free than the United States

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knightofday 6 points ago +6 / -0

In many many ways, yes.