He thinks the USSR was an empire but it was a reverse empire .. Archived Message Posted by Shyaku on November 21, 2019, 8:18 am, in reply to "J Cook: Capitalism’s suicidal trajectory can’t be ignored" He thinks the USSR was a kind of communist Russian empire. The USSR was run by the central committee of which Russia was just 1/15. Stalin was Georgian, Khrushchev & Brezhnev were Ukrainian. Therefore the central committee general secretary was not Russian for 58 of its 69 years (from 1924 until 1982) and as a consequence the other soviet republics in fact plundered Russia. Message Thread: J Cook: Capitalism’s suicidal trajectory can’t be ignored - johnlilburne November 20, 2019, 10:34 pm He thinks the USSR was an empire but it was a reverse empire .. - Shyaku November 21, 2019, 8:18 am That's how that highly experienced Russo-American-Russian Dmitry Orlov sees it too, Shy. NOM - Rhisiart Gwilym November 21, 2019, 8:52 am EXACTLY - the "reverse wealth pump" post from Orlov. Thanks, nm - Shyaku November 21, 2019, 6:47 pm   Searching