• Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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    Yes, it actually was. The Politburo had outsized power, but the local Soviets ran most things. Again, incredibly flawed, but still Socialist.

    Oligarchs are not land owners that take a portion of what food is grown by the Russian people, the Oligarchs are Capitalists.

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      Oligarchs are not land owners

      Oligarchs control the exploitation of Russia’s natural resources. Can’t get much more “land owner” than that.

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        Capitalists can do that as well, without being feudalists. You’re tying an ancient peasant-aristocrat structure to modern Capitalism just to avoid acknowledging that Capitalism has failed Russia.

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          You’re trying to pretend that an oligarchy / dictatorship has something to do with capitalism because you hate capitalism.

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            On the contrary, I’m acknowledging that Capitalist business owners have swelled and looted Russia very effectively.

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                It has everything to do with Capitalism. When the USSR collapsed and the Russian Federation came into place, Capitalists got much of the Capital, and are now the “oligarchs.”