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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 1 month 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.