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[–] OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago

Soviet socialism failed miserably (it turns out, it is very hard to plan an economy).

Did you actually check? Because based on a bunch of metrics I saw the USSR did pretty well compared to the feudalism that came before it and the capitalist "democracy" that came after its illegal and undemocratic dissolution.