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1936: The Rights the U.S. Still Won't Guarantee - Lady Izdihar (3 min 51 sex)
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Constitution of the Soviet Union - 8th All-Union Congress of Soviets
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This Soviet World / (Audiobook) - Anna Louise Strong (1936)
this post was submitted on 26 Feb 2026
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You fail to understand that the USSR ceased to exist. What remains is run by a despot, regardless of your feelings or intent.
I understand that the USSR dissolved. During its time, it was comprehensively democratic in a way that supercedes what capitalism can offer, proven in practice by the sharp decay in democratization with the reinstatement of capitalism. Is your argument that the dissolution of the USSR was unavoidable? That takes a great deal of evidence to prove.
I am attempting to point out that a document that you're holding up as an ideal, together with what it represents and how society surrounding it was structured did not last for more than 55 years, which is less time than I've been on this planet.
While it might represent something that you find appealing or inspiring, it didn't last, or said differently, it failed.
I'd also point out that countries like Australia don't have a constitution at all and they've lasted longer than that.
I think that you need to find a better argument to promote a worker based economy. Perhaps the co-op based system in Italy, which has lasted longer, is a more sustainable way to go.
Italy always had a very strong communist and anarchist movement though, the communist party was a major political force in Italy until the 1990s. I don't really get your point, there were also numerous attempts to reform the system before it reached the state of decline that it did. Hell plenty of people didn't even want the USSR to stop existing they just wanted some economic reforms, there were enough sharks who smelt the blood in the water though and realised they could make a killing by selling out their country and their people.