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
    222·
    3 年前

    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·
      3 年前

      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.

      • Large Bullfrog@lemmygrad.ml
        3·
        3 年前

        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.