PosadistInevitablity [he/him]

They have already been checkmated.

Declaring war on Russia like a pack of rabid animals means that they have no alternative. It is brutal vassal ship under the USA, with no hope of a different deal.

That awkward moment when you realize burning every bridge but the one with the USA was a POOR decision.

Any communist could have called this ten years in advance. It’s so pathetic.

It’s undeniable that revolutions that fail to produce continuing benefits for the populace eventually become more vulnerable to outside attack. Denying that is burying your head in the sand, call whatever you want.

Communist China is the last remaining communist super power in large part because it continually improves the standard of living and material interests of its populace.

The point of a revolution is to be better for the working class than what came before it.

Once again the failure to to produce nuclear warheads rears its ugly head.

You cannot bargain with hungry jackals. They just wait for you to drop your guard. Words are a mean to deceive and nothing else.

Anything less than complete obedience to the authority of the state is grounds for execution.

That is the fascist platonic ideal.

I agree, that internal issues tend to have outsized impact. But I also can’t see the USSR of the 50s falling to those issue. As always it will be a multitude of factors that bring down a revolution.

Revolutions seem to become more brittle over time when the people alive no longer remember what the previous state of their country was like.

If they do not remember what the revolution saved them from in living memory, it leaves the people less motivated to defend it.

The Soviet Union fell to, frankly, pretty minor issues compared to ten million Nazis with all of Europe behind them marching in to destroy communism.

He quite literally is a prisoner of war. It’s completely illegal for the Judge to hear this case.

Ukraine making that statement when the entire government swept into power after ousting the legitimately elected government at gunpoint is a certified Moment of All Time.