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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.
Are you... Feeling okay? Did it even occur to you to maybe google this bonkers claim?! Now personally I don't feel like this neoliberal, white supremacist, settler-colonial project which was founded on a continuing genocide is much of a model for anything regardless of how long it's lasted, but it does in fact have a fucking constitution!
What's really depressing and frustrating about all this is that at no point will this experience ever tempt you even for a second to consider you could be wrong about other things, too. 55+ years on this earth and you haven't bothered to learn the critical thinking skills of an eight year old.