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Okay so you can't literally copy-paste what worked for the USSR following the fall of the Russian Empire in 1917 onto 2021 USA t.co/ajjw31jfNIPermalink On twitter.com
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The USSR tried to solve its racial conflicts following the end of the expansionist Russian Empire by giving every ethnicity its own state, and then making sure those states (and thus those ethnicities) were equally represented in parliamentOn twitter.com
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While I don't know enough about Russian history to directly compare, I do know that you can't just make the indigenous reservations into autonomous states because the reservation system is inherently unjust and unsustainable.Permalink On twitter.com
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That would be like saying you support a Palestinian state under Israeli control that looks like thisPermalink On twitter.com
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Self determination for the black belt was indeed a key part of American communist history... in 1918. There are still black nationalists who argue for an independent African American state comprising of the black belt and black neighborhoods of major cities, but it's complicatedPermalink On twitter.com
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Knowing a bunch of Soviet, Cuban, and Chinese history is nice, but American communists should really take the time and study American history. Because materialism means understanding material conditions in your country and community. It probably won't look like LeninPermalink On twitter.com