Community Values wrote:Dejanic wrote:The economy under the Tsars pre 1917 was poorer than Western Europe was during the middle ages. And had lower living standards than most of sub saharah Africa.
The economic and industrial gains under the USSR are undeniable; the biggest issues were the lack of democracy within the economic structures (all power to the soviets, not the bureaucrats) which was consolidated after the death of Lenin; and the poor foreign policy which focused on the consolidation of existing power rather than the spread of Socialism.
Would those economic gains not happen under a capitalist or tsarist regime?
it's time to link this paper again