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Very interesting, I should read it sometime (aka never, as if I am currently reading anything)
Haha, fair. I've only skimmed it for info. The big takeaway from the soviet chapters is that it was limited by being the first socialist state, and so they tried a lot of brand new things, some of which ended up being mistakes or mishandled. This isn't anti-soviet messaging though, the point is that existing socialist states have learned from the soviets, and advanced upon them. When we measure the USSR's democracy contextually, it was very impressive, but socialists have advanced beyond it. This is a good thing, though, as we must always strive for improvement.
(Side note: the physical copy is 130 USD! Piracy-heads stay winning.)