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[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 8 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

The famine in the 30s was caused by natural causes and spiraled to greater heights because of collectivization, but this ended famines.

The Soviet system was similar to federated platforms. It was government controlled, in a somewhat federated manner. Read Soviet Democracy.

The GULAG administration was a prison system, not concentration camps. Read Russian Justice.

Orwell was a fan of Hitler, hated workers, and in Animal Farm specifically his biggest critique was that Russian Workers are stupid and destined to be taken advantage of. Read On Orwell and A Critical Read of Animal Farm.