“The tradition has been revived and will live!” Russia's state-owned company Arktikugol has over the last few weeks proudly hoisted Soviet flags in both Pyramiden and Barentsburg.
  • elPerroAsalariado@lemmygrad.ml
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    14 hours ago

    Pictures are nice, but I’m very, very critical of this.

    Russia is not the Soviet Union.

    The Soviet Union was to be praised for what it aspired to be, a dictatorship of Workers, taking steps towards communism.

    Russia on the other hand is not. They have no intention, nor does it seem like they are heading in that direction… You can correct me if I’m wrong (I can be wrong, I’m willing to learn)

    Russia, alongside Iran, will receive my (very) critical support on their anti-imperialist struggle. But I’m very critical of them trying to use Soviet Union imagery to garner sympathy.

    I wish, I so so wish, for the birthplace of the first AES state to go back into building socialism… But this doesn’t seem to be it.

  • SadArtemis@lemmygrad.ml
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    1 day ago

    Common Russian W as of late. Hopefully the severing of ties to the west can only increase, and- even if Putin may not be a communist- Russia can continue its path of learning, emulating, and cooperating with China’s successes. While the liberalism and social “conservatism” will inevitably come to a head (and has to be dealt with), across Russian society otherwise, and structurally (laying the law down on the oligarchs, bringing back 5-year plans, increasing ties with AES and “socialist-lite” policies), I feel they’re on the right path to revitalizing the country and at least parts of the Soviet legacy in a manner that will be conducive to transitioning the country back to true socialism (proletarian rule ie. communism) when the time comes.

    • rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml
      14·
      1 day ago

      It will be certainly be dream to see Russia going back to path of socialism. Also, that will certainly make the west and all of the chuds/liberals shiver.