I’m doing a presentation on the soviet union for school soon and i would like to know all your opinions on this.

I’ve got: an over-bloated bureaucracy (which was prone to corruption), rural poverty (which is very unfair as basically all countries have rural poverty- difference is that some countries actually help these people), and a lacking light industry that led to economic dissatisfaction from the populace.

I might share the PowerPoint here for your feedback although its very small as its for a vocational exam that is only a few minutes

  • @NothingButBits@lemmygrad.ml
    20•2 years ago

    It’s political model was flawed, it led to successively less people participating in elections. Which promoted corruption in the long run.

    Marxism and Leninism weren’t taught in schools, it was barely a part of people’s lives. That was clearly a mistake. It seems people there were as politically ignorant as they are here in the West. Maybe a little less so.

    • @Kind_Stone@lemmygrad.ml
      15•2 years ago

      Technically Marxism-Leninism was a part of all higher education programs, no matter if you were into humanities or sciences. The curriculum of the subject, however… Uh… Let’s just say that it was a little detached from reality. Making students write out quotes about evil bourgeoisie or different low-value shit from transcripts of old party meetings is just… Blegh.

      • Bury The Right
        3•2 years ago

        Sounds kinda like the ineffective and off the mark manner that racism and fascism are taught to be bad in US schools which I think played a big role in the rise of right wing populist like Trump.