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I see conflicting arguments about the matter.

It's about at least every quarter-year or so that I ask some kind of question about how the USSR could have gone differently in some way.

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[–] deathtoreddit@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Vietnam

They had a chance? Weren't they aligned with USSR, especially during the Sino-Soviet split? They would've treated the damn nation like MPLA Angola, at best (fund any economic, military, and media measures of sabatoging, if not destroying any post-reconstruction efforts)

And they've already done worse so, as we've seen before, post-first war of independence, up to the end of the Soviet Union (sanctions, direct intervention via troops et mass bombing, anti-govt propaganda)

[–] REEEEvolution@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

True, true, but they could later make a similar move leading to the doi moi reforms.

[–] deathtoreddit@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

But during the USSR's existence? No.