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Did atheism destroy the USSR?

Did atheism destroy the USSR?

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Originally posted by Rajk999
How about in 1915 ?

In any event what would you do different were you in charge to ensure that communism worked the way you wanted it to ?
I don't know anyone who thought the USSR was communist in 1915...

Not least because it didn't exist.

There are many things people would advocate doing differently, and of course there's much debate. All with the benefit of hindsight, of course.

Some examples:
- the idea that you could spread socialism by invading other countries was never going to work;
- Stalin was, in every sense, a disaster. He shouldn't have succeeded Lenin.

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Originally posted by Rajk999
How about in 1915 ?

In any event what would you do different were you in charge to ensure that communism worked the way you wanted it to ?

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Originally posted by Redmike
I don't know anyone who thought the USSR was communist in 1915...

Not least because it didn't exist.

There are many things people would advocate doing differently, and of course there's much debate. All with the benefit of hindsight, of course.

Some examples:
- the idea that you could spread socialism by invading other countries was never going to work;
- Stalin was, in every sense, a disaster. He shouldn't have succeeded Lenin.
Thanks. I will wait until the topic comes up again to disuss further.

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Originally posted by Redmike
I don't know anyone who thought the USSR was communist in 1915...

Not least because it didn't exist.

There are many things people would advocate doing differently, and of course there's much debate. All with the benefit of hindsight, of course.

Some examples:
- the idea that you could spread socialism by invading other countries was never going to work;
- Stalin was, in every sense, a disaster. He shouldn't have succeeded Lenin.
Stalin did help beat Hitler. I suppose that's one thing in his favor.

Then again attacking Stalin could be one thing in Hitler's favor.

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Originally posted by AThousandYoung
Stalin did help beat Hitler. I suppose that's one thing in his favor.

Then again attacking Stalin could be one thing in Hitler's favor.
But any soviet leader would have helped to beat Hitler.

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Can't we just all agree that the USSR imploded because of bad management?

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Originally posted by Merk
Can't we just all agree that the USSR imploded because of bad management?
Not without the OP backing down.

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Originally posted by AThousandYoung
Not without the OP backing down.
Then clearly it must have collapsed due to superior governance.