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Soviet Union was democratic and never authoritarian, unlike USA and it's European vassals. Neither is Russian Federation.
Russia defending ethnic Russians in breakaway republics from genocide at hands of Right Wing Ukrainian regime isn't "imperialism"
What's that Holodomor hoax you're mentioning here and how was it "economic exploitation"?
The last paragraph is projection right? Afterall, America and it's vassals do try to show themselves as not being right wing Authoritarian regimes but fail miserably.
And how is an economic cooperation union like BRICS "imperialistic" like NATO?
The USSR was authoritarian, but in a proletarian manner. It had to exert great effort to keep proletarian power going. It was a dramatic expansion in democracy, but we shouldn't pretend it didn't use state power to protect itself and the gains it made. Instead, we should question what it truly means to be "authoritarian."
While i agree about the USSR being democratic, i'd like to know on what basis you state that USA or EU isn't democratic.
As well as i'd like to know, on what base you assume that holodomor is a hoax.