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Wodan1 t1_j6mjlqt wrote

Reply to comment by BrownMan65 in TIL that between 1895 and 1908 the population of the Belgian Congo declined by between 2 and 13 million due to colonial brutality and diseases caused by colonialism. by hetkleinezusje

The USSR did collapse because of its own actions. It's dishonest to point fingers and blame capitalist nation's over the failure of the bloc, when it's clear that the USSR was never going to be sustainable, based upon the internal problems it had with economics and bureaucratic government.

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