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The Buran rotting away in an abandoned hangar is such a visceral representation of how legitimately apocalyptic the collapse of the Soviet Union truly was (hexbear.net)
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[–] xiaohongshu@hexbear.net 36 points 10 months ago

Yes! There are many legitimate criticisms against the Soviet Union, but it was truly an unprecedented experimentation of an alternative system that gave the Western capitalist bloc a run for their money (pun very much intended).

The concept of a socialist state built on a supranational identity is unparalleled even to this very day.