Jim Devine: so the USSR didn't have classes? what principles did it follow? was Stalin a benevolent despot?
reply: Jim, it is totally exhausting to reformat your email. Why can't you get somebody to configure your MS Outlook, or do it yourself. Here's how to do it:
1. Select tools/option 2. Select tab mail/format 3. Select Internet format 4. In 'automatically wrap text at -- characters', enter 76.
Turning to the substance, there were no classes in the USSR. A bureaucrat and a capitalist have nothing in common in Marxist terms.
Jim Devine: it's clear that the USSR subsidized its satellites, but that doesn't make it any less of an empire, since the USSR didn't grant its "allies" independence until the USSR itself was falling apart.
reply: The USSR certainly did control Poland, Hungary et al. The record is quite clear on that. What it did not do is extract value.
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