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/271/ Russia vs the West (2) ft. Richard Sakwa
🕑 Added 2022-06-28 06:02:59 +0000 UTC[Patreon Exclusive]
On the post-Soviet landscape.
In the part two of this episode, we ask whether Gorbachev had any chance of reforming and preserving the USSR, and what the defining features are of the post-Cold War Russian state. Is the entropy of the late Soviet state a portent of the entropy of Western late capitalist states?
Then the boys discuss Richard’s responses in the After Party.
Comments
Paul Brewer
I'm not sold on Phil's presentation of Stalinism, with the implication that it represents a discontinuity with whatever direction Lenin might have headed in. Isn't it fair to say that Lenin saw the European imperial possessions as the most fruitful zone for waging class struggle? Thus, Lenin's early 1920s strategy of pursuing stability and recognition in The West while seeking to exploit opportunities that might arise in China and The South, doesn't seem that far out of line with what happened in the 1930s.
Aufhebunga Bunga
Kiwis and Afrikaners unpick. They unpick their suitcases.
dshamz_
Alright guys, the real question… what the fuck does ‘unpick’ mean?! Isn’t it unpack?
