• goat@sh.itjust.worksOPM
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    1 year ago

    The Soviet Union’s propaganda and culture tick all of those, though.

    But fair, I typically use authoritarian anyway.

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      I do not think so. There was no “return to the good old days” in USSR at all. The ideology, while was stressing the importance to defend itself, did not fetishized the military. Nationalism was also missing. And instead there was class fight, common means of production, etc. It was quite different. The only common part was the authoritarian government and the principle that the state is greater than individual.

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          1 year ago

          I lived there. No, military was not fetishized. Most of the people would not want to go and serve. The draft was something to avoid if you can.

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          You do not do that for the sake of state. You do that for the collective. State is just bureaucratic representation of that. In fascist Germany you would do that for the Germany and German nation specifically. In USSR you do not do that for USSR or USSR nation (there was no such thing).