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Oh yeah, one last thing. It is a mistake to think of the Soviet Union in discussions about Marxism proper. Marx would have been disgusted by the USSR after Lenin's death, and realistically even during his rule. No proper Marxist thinks the USSR or any other "communist state" achieved communism. They've all retained the value-form and had generalized commodity production, not to mention been straight-up retarded most of the time. The truth is that socialism appeals to people so the term and vaguely related ideas (Which end up being more social democracy which Marx hated) have been used as a way to quickly garner support with large, poor, often agrarian populations. Even India's constitution says they're socialist lol.