• Thevenin@beehaw.org
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    6 months ago

    Historically, there have been more socialist and/or communist states associated with the USSR than not. Especially when measured by population.

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      6 months ago

      I mean yeah, any successful socialist revolution will naturally seek good relations with the most powerful socialist state of all. Doesn’t really answer their question though.

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        6 months ago

        When a smaller nation aligns itself with a larger empire or coalition, it will gravitate towards that collective’s philosophy. Sometime’s it’s imposed through political or military pressure, or “encouraged” through subversion, but it can just as easily happen through the natural influence of a larger and more prolific culture.