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	== References ==		== References ==
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Ledlecreeper27: Venezuela

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Venezuela

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	== Latin America ==		== Latin America ==

			=== Cuba ===
			Despite the [[United States embargo against Cuba\|US blockade]], [[Republic of Cuba\|Cuba]] is still able to boast having the highest quality healthcare system for its national income range.<ref>Mostly Anti-Cuba article that is forced to report cold hard facts: [https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/11/cuba-health/508859/ How Cubans Live as Long as Americans at a Tenth of the Cost] by [[The Atlantic]]</ref>

			Cuba has a far higher standard of living than most of its neighbors, according to the very CIA which has plotted to destroy the communist Cuban government countless times.<ref>{{News citation\|newspaper=The Daily Banter\|title=Cuba and the Success of Socialism\|date=2018-10-09\|url=https://thedailybanter.com/2010/10/01/cuba-and-the-success-of-socialism/\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|retrieved=\|journalist=Ben Cohen}}</ref>

	=== Nicaragua ===		=== Nicaragua ===
	[[Nicaragua]], under the socialist [[Sandinista National Liberation Front\|Sandinista]] government, has diversified away from colonial-era cash crops and monocultures, delivered sustained economic growth, and alleviated poverty.<ref>[https://www.telesurenglish.net/opinion/Nicaraguan-Sandinista-Economic-Model-Consolidates-Its-Success-20160130-0005.html Nicaraguan Sandinista Economic Model Consolidates Its Success] by [[TeleSur]]</ref>		[[Nicaragua]], under the socialist [[Sandinista National Liberation Front\|Sandinista]] government, has diversified away from colonial-era cash crops and monocultures, delivered sustained economic growth, and alleviated poverty.<ref>[https://www.telesurenglish.net/opinion/Nicaraguan-Sandinista-Economic-Model-Consolidates-Its-Success-20160130-0005.html Nicaraguan Sandinista Economic Model Consolidates Its Success] by [[TeleSur]]</ref>

	=== ~~Cuba~~ ===		=== Venezuela ===
	~~Despite the~~ [[~~United States embargo against Cuba\|US blockade~~]], ~~[[Republic of Cuba\|Cuba]] is still able to boast having the highest quality healthcare system for its national income range~~.~~<ref>Mostly Anti-Cuba article that is forced~~ to ~~report cold hard facts: [https://www~~.~~theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/11/cuba-health/508859/ How Cubans Live as Long as Americans at a Tenth of the Cost]~~ by ~~[[The Atlantic]]</ref>~~		Under [[Hugo Chávez]], Venezuela's unemployment rate dropped from 14.5% to 7.6%, GDP per capita increased by 163%, infant mortality dropped from 2% to 1.3%, and extreme poverty dropped from 23.4% to 8.5%.<ref>{{Web citation\|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]\|title=How did Venezuela change under Hugo Chávez?\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2012/oct/04/venezuela-hugo-chavez-election-data\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424073050/https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2012/oct/04/venezuela-hugo-chavez-election-data\|archive-date=2023-04-24}}</ref>

	~~Cuba has a far higher standard of living than most of its neighbors~~, ~~according~~ to ~~the very CIA which has plotted~~ to ~~destroy the communist Cuban government countless times~~.<ref>{{~~News~~ citation\|~~journalist~~=~~Ben Cohen\|date=2018-10-09~~\|title=~~Cuba and the Success of Socialism~~\|url=https://~~thedailybanter~~.com/~~2010~~/10/01/~~cuba-and~~-~~the~~-~~success~~-of-~~socialism/\|newspaper=The Daily Banter~~\|archive-url=\|archive-date=~~\|retrieved=~~}}</ref>

	== See also ==		== See also ==

Ledlecreeper27: China

2023-07-01T17:17:03Z

China

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	[[File:DPRK city river.png\|thumb\|[[Pyongyang]], the capital of [[Socialism\|socialist]] [[Democratic People's Republic of Korea\|Korea]]]]		[[File:DPRK city river.png\|thumb\|[[Pyongyang]], the capital of [[Socialism\|socialist]] [[Democratic People's Republic of Korea\|Korea]]]]
	[[File:South Korea slums.png\|thumb\|Slums in [[Capitalism\|capitalist]] [[Republic of Korea\|south Korea]]]]		[[File:South Korea slums.png\|thumb\|Slums in Seoul in [[Capitalism\|capitalist]] [[Republic of Korea\|south Korea]]]]
	The [[Bourgeoisie\|ruling class]] which owns the [[corporate media]] regularly demonizes the notions of [[socialism]] and [[communism]] to serve their own profit-seeking interests. They promote the idea that "socialism has failed everywhere it's been tried" (without mentioning the fact that these "failures" are oftentimes brought about through blockades, sanctions and [[Central Intelligence Agency\|CIA]] coups).		The [[Bourgeoisie\|ruling class]] which owns the [[corporate media]] regularly demonizes the notions of [[socialism]] and [[communism]] to serve their own profit-seeking interests. They promote the idea that "socialism has failed everywhere it's been tried" (without mentioning the fact that these "failures" are oftentimes brought about through blockades, [[Economic sanctions\|sanctions]] and [[Central Intelligence Agency\|CIA]] coups).

	In addition to raising the basic living conditions of citizens,<ref>{{News citation\|journalist=Marcida Dodson\|date=1986-06-07\|title=Quality of Life Higher in Socialist Nations, Study Says\|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-06-07-me-10010-story.html\|newspaper=Los Angeles Times}}</ref><ref>{{News citation\|journalist=[[Hakim]]\|date=2021-09-22\|title=Socialism is just better, scientifically\|url=https://youtu.be/FEHYeeRCtVI}}</ref> [[Socialist state\|socialist states]] have also produced valuable advances in the fields of science and technology, debunking the false claims that socialism cannot produce innovation.		In addition to raising the basic living conditions of citizens,<ref>{{News citation\|journalist=Marcida Dodson\|date=1986-06-07\|title=Quality of Life Higher in Socialist Nations, Study Says\|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-06-07-me-10010-story.html\|newspaper=Los Angeles Times}}</ref><ref>{{News citation\|journalist=[[Hakim]]\|date=2021-09-22\|title=Socialism is just better, scientifically\|url=https://youtu.be/FEHYeeRCtVI}}</ref> [[Socialist state\|socialist states]] have also produced valuable advances in the fields of science and technology, debunking the false claims that socialism cannot produce innovation.
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	During the Space Race between the two cold war superpowers, the USSR and the USA, the USSR achieved many great leaps before the US did.		During the Space Race between the two cold war superpowers, the USSR and the USA, the USSR achieved many great leaps before the US did.

	* First artificial satellite - [[Sputnik 1]]		* First artificial satellite: [[Sputnik 1]]
	* First animal in space - [[Laika]]		* First animal in space: [[Laika]]
	* First photographs of the far side of the moon - [[Luna 3]]		* First photographs of the far side of the moon: [[Luna 3]]
	* First person in space - [[Yuri Gagarin]]		* First person in space: [[Yuri Gagarin]]
	* First woman in space - [[Valentina Tereshkova]]		* First woman in space: [[Valentina Tereshkova]]
	* First spacewalk - [[Alexei Leonov]]		* First spacewalk: [[Alexei Leonov]]
	* First spacecraft landing on the moon - [[Luna 9]]		* First spacecraft landing on the moon: [[Luna 9]]
	* First spacecraft landing on another planet (Venus) - [[Venera 7]]		* First spacecraft landing on another planet (Venus): [[Venera 7]]
	* First space station - [[Salyut 1]]		* First space station: [[Salyut 1]]
	* First spacecraft landing on Mars - [[Mars 3]]		* First spacecraft landing on Mars: [[Mars 3]]

	=== Notable technologies invented ===		=== Notable technologies invented ===
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	=== Economic development ===		=== Economic development ===
	Between 1950 and 1952, agricultural production increased by 15% and the economy grew by an average of 25% every year. Heavy industry increased by 30 times between 1952 and 1979. Rural consumption of electricity increased by 71 times up to 1965. ~~Since 1978~~, ~~the Chinese economy has grown an additional 37 times<ref name=":1" /> with an average growth rate of 9~~.5%.<ref name=":2"~~>{{Web citation\|author=J. Sykes\|newspaper=[[Fight Back! News]]\|title=Red Theory: The achievements of socialism in China\|date=2022-12-24\|url=https:/~~/www.fightbacknews.org/2022/12/24/red-theory-achievements-socialism-china\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230123044644/https://www.fightbacknews.org/2022/12/24/red-theory-achievements-socialism-china\|archive-date=2023-01-23\|retrieved=2023-02-05}}</ref>		Between 1950 and 1952, agricultural production increased by 15% and the economy grew by an average of 25% every year. Heavy industry increased by 30 times between 1952 and 1979. Rural consumption of electricity increased by 71 times up to 1965. During the First Five-Year Plan (1952–57), industry grew by 128% and agriculture grew by 25%. Grain production increased by 46% from 1965 to 1975.<ref name=":1" />

	~~During~~ the ~~First Five~~-~~Year Plan (1952–57), industry grew by 128~~% and ~~agriculture grew by 25%~~. ~~Grain production increased by 46~~% ~~from 1965 to 1975~~.<ref name=":1" />		Since 1978, the Chinese economy has grown an additional 37 times<ref name=":1" /> with an average growth rate of 9.5%.<ref name=":2">{{Web citation\|author=J. Sykes\|newspaper=[[Fight Back! News]]\|title=Red Theory: The achievements of socialism in China\|date=2022-12-24\|url=https://www.fightbacknews.org/2022/12/24/red-theory-achievements-socialism-china\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230123044644/https://www.fightbacknews.org/2022/12/24/red-theory-achievements-socialism-china\|archive-date=2023-01-23\|retrieved=2023-02-05}}</ref> The average growth rate was 7.3% for 1975–1991 and 12.1% for 1992–1996.<ref name=":05">{{Citation\|author=Austin Murphy\|year=2000\|title=The Triumph of Evil\|chapter=The Documented Facts about Eastern Europe and Communism\|page=83\|pdf=https://mltheory.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/austin-murphy-the-triumph-of-evil.pdf\|city=Fucecchio\|publisher=European Press Academic Publishing\|isbn=8883980026}}</ref>

	=== Living standards ===		=== Living standards ===
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	==== Poverty alleviation ====		==== Poverty alleviation ====
	In the past 40 years, China has lifted 800 million people out of extreme poverty, accounting for three-quarters of global poverty reduction.<ref name=":2" />		In the past 40 years, China has lifted 800 million people out of extreme poverty, accounting for three-quarters of global poverty reduction.<ref name=":2" /> In the 1990s, only 10% of Chinese people lived in poverty compared to 20% in the much richer USA.<ref name=":05" />

	== Korea ==		== Korea ==
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	=== Nicaragua ===		=== Nicaragua ===
			[[Nicaragua]], under the socialist [[Sandinista National Liberation Front\|Sandinista]] government, has diversified away from colonial-era cash crops and monocultures, delivered sustained economic growth, and alleviated poverty.<ref>[https://www.telesurenglish.net/opinion/Nicaraguan-Sandinista-Economic-Model-Consolidates-Its-Success-20160130-0005.html Nicaraguan Sandinista Economic Model Consolidates Its Success] by [[TeleSur]]</ref>
	* [[Nicaragua]], under the socialist [[Sandinista National Liberation Front\|Sandinista]] government, has diversified away from colonial-era cash crops and monocultures, delivered sustained economic growth, and alleviated poverty.<ref>[https://www.telesurenglish.net/opinion/Nicaraguan-Sandinista-Economic-Model-Consolidates-Its-Success-20160130-0005.html Nicaraguan Sandinista Economic Model Consolidates Its Success] by [[TeleSur]]</ref>

	=== Cuba ===		=== Cuba ===
			Despite the [[United States embargo against Cuba\|US blockade]], [[Republic of Cuba\|Cuba]] is still able to boast having the highest quality healthcare system for its national income range.<ref>Mostly Anti-Cuba article that is forced to report cold hard facts: [https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/11/cuba-health/508859/ How Cubans Live as Long as Americans at a Tenth of the Cost] by [[The Atlantic]]</ref>

	* Despite the [[United States embargo against Cuba\|US blockade]], [[Republic of Cuba\|Cuba]] is still able to boast having the highest quality healthcare system for its national income range.<ref>Mostly Anti-Cuba article that is forced to report cold hard facts: [https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/11/cuba-health/508859/ How Cubans Live as Long as Americans at a Tenth of the Cost] by [[The Atlantic]]</ref>		Cuba has a far higher standard of living than most of its neighbors, according to the very CIA which has plotted to destroy the communist Cuban government countless times.<ref>{{News citation\|journalist=Ben Cohen\|date=2018-10-09\|title=Cuba and the Success of Socialism\|url=https://thedailybanter.com/2010/10/01/cuba-and-the-success-of-socialism/\|newspaper=The Daily Banter\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|retrieved=}}</ref>
	* Cuba has a far higher standard of living than most of its neighbors, according to the very CIA which has plotted to destroy the communist Cuban government countless times.<ref>{{News citation\|journalist=Ben Cohen\|date=2018-10-09\|title=Cuba and the Success of Socialism\|url=https://thedailybanter.com/2010/10/01/cuba-and-the-success-of-socialism/\|newspaper=The Daily Banter\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|retrieved=}}</ref>

	== See also ==		== See also ==

Ledlecreeper27: Images

2023-06-30T20:00:03Z

Images

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			[[File:DPRK city river.png\|thumb\|[[Pyongyang]], the capital of [[Socialism\|socialist]] [[Democratic People's Republic of Korea\|Korea]]]]
			[[File:South Korea slums.png\|thumb\|Slums in [[Capitalism\|capitalist]] [[Republic of Korea\|south Korea]]]]
	The [[Bourgeoisie\|ruling class]] which owns the [[corporate media]] regularly demonizes the notions of [[socialism]] and [[communism]] to serve their own profit-seeking interests. They promote the idea that "socialism has failed everywhere it's been tried" (without mentioning the fact that these "failures" are oftentimes brought about through blockades, sanctions and [[Central Intelligence Agency\|CIA]] coups).		The [[Bourgeoisie\|ruling class]] which owns the [[corporate media]] regularly demonizes the notions of [[socialism]] and [[communism]] to serve their own profit-seeking interests. They promote the idea that "socialism has failed everywhere it's been tried" (without mentioning the fact that these "failures" are oftentimes brought about through blockades, sanctions and [[Central Intelligence Agency\|CIA]] coups).

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	* The right to free general and professional education, including higher education.		* The right to free general and professional education, including higher education.
	* The right to [[Universal healthcare\|free health care]].		* The right to [[Universal healthcare\|free health care]].
	* The right to use nurseries, kindergartens, summer camps — free ~~of charge~~.		* The right to use nurseries, kindergartens, and summer camps for free.
	* The right to free sanatorium and spa treatment.		* The right to free sanatorium and spa treatment.
	* The right to free housing.		* The right to free housing.

Ledlecreeper27: USSR

2023-05-06T15:53:35Z

USSR

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	* The right to [[Universal healthcare\|free health care]].		* The right to [[Universal healthcare\|free health care]].
	* The right to use nurseries, kindergartens, summer camps — free of charge.		* The right to use nurseries, kindergartens, summer camps — free of charge.
	* The right to free sanatorium-and-spa treatment.		* The right to free sanatorium and spa treatment.
	* The right to free housing.		* The right to free housing.
	* Equal rights for women.		* Equal rights for women.
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	=== Living standards ===		=== Living standards ===
	Housing and basic food were subsidized in the USSR. Rent took up only 2–3% of a family's income and utilities only 4–5%. All citizens had the right to free education in arts and sciences.<ref name=":3" /> Life expectancy increased from 30 years in 1900 to 62 in 1953. By 1975, Soviet life expectancy reached 71 years, within a year of the [[United States of America\|United States]], and was more than two years longer than the non-white life expectancy in the U.S.<ref name=":022">{{Citation\|author=Albert Szymanski\|year=1984\|title=Human Rights in the Soviet Union\|chapter=Economic Rights\|page=136–137\|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzaceazdmtb2y3qq27fve5ib3gk7uv2unt6ae2xss74xmfpur7k5uhl5m?filename=Albert%20Szymanski%20-%20Human%20Rights%20in%20the%20Soviet%20Union_%20Including%20Comparisons%20with%20the%20U.S.A.-Zed%20Books%20Ltd.%20%281984%29.pdf\|city=London\|publisher=Zed Books Ltd.\|isbn=0862320186\|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=C597B1232D9EA6B0F3DCB438D7E15A81}}</ref>		Housing and basic food were subsidized in the USSR. Rent took up only 2–3% of a family's income and utilities only 4–5%. All citizens had the right to free education in arts and sciences.<ref name=":3" /> Life expectancy increased from 30 years in 1900 to 62 in 1953. By 1975, Soviet life expectancy reached 71 years, within a year of the [[United States of America\|United States]], and was more than two years longer than the non-white life expectancy in the U.S.<ref name=":022">{{Citation\|author=Albert Szymanski\|year=1984\|title=Human Rights in the Soviet Union\|chapter=Economic Rights\|page=136–137\|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzaceazdmtb2y3qq27fve5ib3gk7uv2unt6ae2xss74xmfpur7k5uhl5m?filename=Albert%20Szymanski%20-%20Human%20Rights%20in%20the%20Soviet%20Union_%20Including%20Comparisons%20with%20the%20U.S.A.-Zed%20Books%20Ltd.%20%281984%29.pdf\|city=London\|publisher=Zed Books Ltd.\|isbn=0862320186\|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=C597B1232D9EA6B0F3DCB438D7E15A81}}</ref> From 1928 to 1940, literacy rates increased from 46% to 80%.<ref name=":023">{{Citation\|author=Roger Keeran, Thomas Kenny\|year=2010\|title=Socialism Betrayed: Behind the Collapse of the Soviet Union\|chapter=Two Trends in Soviet Politics\|page=18–25\|pdf=https://ipfs.io/ipfs/bafykbzaceaj5ucph44bjwyhlhsbycckr3ts76zbucn2hbrea32tltcd4s5ekg?filename=Roger%20Keeran_%20Thomas%20Kenny%20-%20Socialism%20Betrayed_%20Behind%20the%20Collapse%20of%20the%20Soviet%20Union-iUniverse.com%20%282010%29.pdf\|publisher=iUniverse.com\|isbn=9781450241717}}</ref>

	=== Economic development ===		=== Economic development ===
	~~Industrial~~ production in [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1917–1991)\|Russia]] increased 151 times from 1913 to 1984 and 17 times from 1940 to 1984. It increased by more than 200 times in [[Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (1936–1991)\|Kazakhstan]] and over 300 times in [[Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic (1936–1991)\|Kyrgyzstan]] since the [[First World War]].<ref name=":02">{{Citation\|author=Albert Szymanski\|year=1984\|title=Human Rights in the Soviet Union\|chapter=The Asian Nationalities in the USSR\|page=39\|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzaceazdmtb2y3qq27fve5ib3gk7uv2unt6ae2xss74xmfpur7k5uhl5m?filename=Albert%20Szymanski%20-%20Human%20Rights%20in%20the%20Soviet%20Union_%20Including%20Comparisons%20with%20the%20U.S.A.-Zed%20Books%20Ltd.%20%281984%29.pdf\|city=London\|publisher=Zed Books Ltd.\|isbn=0862320186\|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=C597B1232D9EA6B0F3DCB438D7E15A81}}</ref> In 50 years, industrial production rose from 12% to 80% of the U.S. amount and agricultural production rose to 85% of the U.S. level~~. The wealthiest people in the USSR earned only 10 times as much as the poorest, while corporate executives in the U.S. made hundreds of times more than their employees~~.<ref name=":3" />		The wealthiest people in the USSR earned only 10 times as much as the poorest, while corporate executives in the U.S. make hundreds of times more than their employees.<ref name=":3" />

			==== Agriculture ====
			During the First Five-Year Plan (1928–33), farm area grew by 11.7 million hectares, and the number of tractors and combine harvesters increased from 34,900 and 1,700 to 204,100 and 13,500, respectively. The Second Five-Year Plan (1933–38) doubled the number of sheep, goats, and hogs and increased the cattle population by 64.6%. The number of tractors continued to increase and reached 483,500.<ref name=":6">{{Web citation\|author=[[TheFinnishBolshevik]]\|newspaper=ML-Theory\|title=The results of the 1st & 2nd Five-Year Plans: Soviet industrial revolution.\|date=2016-08-07\|url=https://mltheory.wordpress.com/2016/08/07/the-results-of-the-1st-2nd-soviet-five-year-plans-soviet-industrial-revolution/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220622100104/https://mltheory.wordpress.com/2016/08/07/the-results-of-the-1st-2nd-soviet-five-year-plans-soviet-industrial-revolution/\|archive-date=2022-06-22\|retrieved=2022-08-07}}</ref>

			==== Industry ====
			Soviet industrial production grew by an average of 11% per year from 1928 to 1940<ref name=":024">{{Citation\|author=Roger Keeran, Thomas Kenny\|year=2010\|title=Socialism Betrayed: Behind the Collapse of the Soviet Union\|chapter=Two Trends in Soviet Politics\|page=18–25\|pdf=https://ipfs.io/ipfs/bafykbzaceaj5ucph44bjwyhlhsbycckr3ts76zbucn2hbrea32tltcd4s5ekg?filename=Roger%20Keeran_%20Thomas%20Kenny%20-%20Socialism%20Betrayed_%20Behind%20the%20Collapse%20of%20the%20Soviet%20Union-iUniverse.com%20%282010%29.pdf\|publisher=iUniverse.com\|isbn=9781450241717}}</ref> and doubled between 1929 and 1933, the worst years of [[Great Depression]].<ref name=":62">{{Web citation\|author=[[TheFinnishBolshevik]]\|newspaper=ML-Theory\|title=The results of the 1st & 2nd Five-Year Plans: Soviet industrial revolution.\|date=2016-08-07\|url=https://mltheory.wordpress.com/2016/08/07/the-results-of-the-1st-2nd-soviet-five-year-plans-soviet-industrial-revolution/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220622100104/https://mltheory.wordpress.com/2016/08/07/the-results-of-the-1st-2nd-soviet-five-year-plans-soviet-industrial-revolution/\|archive-date=2022-06-22\|retrieved=2022-08-07}}</ref> In [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1917–1991)\|Russia]], industry increased 151 times from 1913 to 1984 and 17 times from 1940 to 1984. It increased by more than 200 times in [[Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (1936–1991)\|Kazakhstan]] and over 300 times in [[Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic (1936–1991)\|Kyrgyzstan]] since the [[First World War]].<ref name=":02">{{Citation\|author=Albert Szymanski\|year=1984\|title=Human Rights in the Soviet Union\|chapter=The Asian Nationalities in the USSR\|page=39\|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzaceazdmtb2y3qq27fve5ib3gk7uv2unt6ae2xss74xmfpur7k5uhl5m?filename=Albert%20Szymanski%20-%20Human%20Rights%20in%20the%20Soviet%20Union_%20Including%20Comparisons%20with%20the%20U.S.A.-Zed%20Books%20Ltd.%20%281984%29.pdf\|city=London\|publisher=Zed Books Ltd.\|isbn=0862320186\|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=C597B1232D9EA6B0F3DCB438D7E15A81}}</ref> In 50 years, industrial production rose from 12% to 80% of the U.S. amount and agricultural production rose to 85% of the U.S. level.<ref name=":3" />

	=== Space Race ===		=== Space Race ===

Ledlecreeper27: Romania

2023-04-23T11:35:51Z

Romania

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	Before the rise of socialism, workers worked 15-hour days with no paid vacations. Following the division of [[Korea]], northern authorities shortened the work day to eight hours (seven for dangerous jobs), banned [[child labor]], and established social security, paid vacations of two weeks to a month, and gender equality. Women made up 51% of the population and 49% of the workforce and had paid maternity leave and social programs to care for children.<ref name=":12">{{Citation\|author=Stephen Gowans\|year=2018\|title=Patriots, Traitors and Empires: The Story of Korea’s Struggle for Freedom\|chapter=The Patriot State\|page=88–93\|pdf=https://ipfs.io/ipfs/bafykbzaced4iiga4ngtxusr2civjxewbili5jne2sbpefbx2s3im2kphattzc?filename=Stephen%20Gowans%20-%20Patriots%2C%20Traitors%20and%20Empires_%20The%20Story%20of%20Korea%E2%80%99s%20Struggle%20for%20Freedom-Baraka%20Books%20%282018%29.pdf\|city=Montreal\|publisher=Baraka Books\|isbn=9781771861427\|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=8435F6FF91279531705764823FDC2A7F}}</ref> Despite abolishing [[Tax\|taxes]] in 1974 and suffering severe [[Economic sanctions\|sanctions]] from the [[Imperial core\|West]], the [[Democratic People's Republic of Korea\|DPRK]] continues to provide [[Universal healthcare\|free healthcare]] and [[education]] to its citizens, and housing and food are very cheap.<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Zak Brown\|newspaper=Anti-Imperialism.org\|title=Towards a concrete analysis of the DPRK\|date=2023-11-18\|url=https://anti-imperialism.org/2013/11/18/towards-a-concrete-analysis-of-the-dprk/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200118135119/https://anti-imperialism.org/2013/11/18/towards-a-concrete-analysis-of-the-dprk/\|archive-date=2020-01-18\|retrieved=2023-03-12}}</ref>		Before the rise of socialism, workers worked 15-hour days with no paid vacations. Following the division of [[Korea]], northern authorities shortened the work day to eight hours (seven for dangerous jobs), banned [[child labor]], and established social security, paid vacations of two weeks to a month, and gender equality. Women made up 51% of the population and 49% of the workforce and had paid maternity leave and social programs to care for children.<ref name=":12">{{Citation\|author=Stephen Gowans\|year=2018\|title=Patriots, Traitors and Empires: The Story of Korea’s Struggle for Freedom\|chapter=The Patriot State\|page=88–93\|pdf=https://ipfs.io/ipfs/bafykbzaced4iiga4ngtxusr2civjxewbili5jne2sbpefbx2s3im2kphattzc?filename=Stephen%20Gowans%20-%20Patriots%2C%20Traitors%20and%20Empires_%20The%20Story%20of%20Korea%E2%80%99s%20Struggle%20for%20Freedom-Baraka%20Books%20%282018%29.pdf\|city=Montreal\|publisher=Baraka Books\|isbn=9781771861427\|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=8435F6FF91279531705764823FDC2A7F}}</ref> Despite abolishing [[Tax\|taxes]] in 1974 and suffering severe [[Economic sanctions\|sanctions]] from the [[Imperial core\|West]], the [[Democratic People's Republic of Korea\|DPRK]] continues to provide [[Universal healthcare\|free healthcare]] and [[education]] to its citizens, and housing and food are very cheap.<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Zak Brown\|newspaper=Anti-Imperialism.org\|title=Towards a concrete analysis of the DPRK\|date=2023-11-18\|url=https://anti-imperialism.org/2013/11/18/towards-a-concrete-analysis-of-the-dprk/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200118135119/https://anti-imperialism.org/2013/11/18/towards-a-concrete-analysis-of-the-dprk/\|archive-date=2020-01-18\|retrieved=2023-03-12}}</ref>

	== Germany ==		== Eastern Europe ==

			=== Germany ===
	The [[German Democratic Republic (1949–1990)\|German Democratic Republic]] had 100% employment and very cheap higher education.<ref name=":03">{{Citation\|author=Austin Murphy\|year=2000\|title=The Triumph of Evil\|chapter=A Post-Mortem Comparison of Communist and Capitalist Societies Using the German Case as an Illustration\|page=94–102\|pdf=https://mltheory.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/austin-murphy-the-triumph-of-evil.pdf\|city=Fucecchio\|publisher=European Press Academic Publishing\|isbn=8883980026}}</ref> Rent took up less than 10% of total income and evictions were illegal.<ref name=":32">{{Web citation\|author=Victor Grossman\|newspaper=[[Monthly Review]]\|title=My seventy years and the departed GDR\|date=2022-08-24\|url=https://mronline.org/2022/08/24/my-seventy-years-and-the-departed-gdr/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220825143732/https://mronline.org/2022/08/24/my-seventy-years-and-the-departed-gdr/\|archive-date=2022-08-25\|retrieved=2022-08-26}}</ref> Between 1951 and 1989, its economy grew slightly faster than [[Federal Republic of Germany\|West Germany]]'s with an annual growth rate of 4.5% to 4.3%.<ref>{{Citation\|author=Karl Mai\|year=2009\|title=GDR - FRG in an economic-statistical comparison 1950 to 1989 - On new results by Prof. Gerhard Heske\|pdf=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613132353/http://www.memo.uni-bremen.de/docs/m3309.pdf\|trans-title=DDR – BRD im ökonomisch-statistischen Vergleich 1950 bis 1989 - Zu neuen Ergebnissen von Prof. Gerhard Heske\|trans-lang=German}}</ref> The GDR had 24 doctors per 10,000 people by 1989, higher than the USA or [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland\|UK]].<ref>{{Web citation\|newspaper=[[Tricontinental]]\|title=‘Socialism Is the Best Prophylaxis’: The German Democratic Republic’s Health Care System\|date=2023-02-14\|url=https://thetricontinental.org/studies-2-ddr-health-care-2/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230214134923/https://thetricontinental.org/studies-2-ddr-health-care-2/#_Toc113466469\|archive-date=2023-02-14\|retrieved=2023-02-26}}</ref>		The [[German Democratic Republic (1949–1990)\|German Democratic Republic]] had 100% employment and very cheap higher education.<ref name=":03">{{Citation\|author=Austin Murphy\|year=2000\|title=The Triumph of Evil\|chapter=A Post-Mortem Comparison of Communist and Capitalist Societies Using the German Case as an Illustration\|page=94–102\|pdf=https://mltheory.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/austin-murphy-the-triumph-of-evil.pdf\|city=Fucecchio\|publisher=European Press Academic Publishing\|isbn=8883980026}}</ref> Rent took up less than 10% of total income and evictions were illegal.<ref name=":32">{{Web citation\|author=Victor Grossman\|newspaper=[[Monthly Review]]\|title=My seventy years and the departed GDR\|date=2022-08-24\|url=https://mronline.org/2022/08/24/my-seventy-years-and-the-departed-gdr/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220825143732/https://mronline.org/2022/08/24/my-seventy-years-and-the-departed-gdr/\|archive-date=2022-08-25\|retrieved=2022-08-26}}</ref> Between 1951 and 1989, its economy grew slightly faster than [[Federal Republic of Germany\|West Germany]]'s with an annual growth rate of 4.5% to 4.3%.<ref>{{Citation\|author=Karl Mai\|year=2009\|title=GDR - FRG in an economic-statistical comparison 1950 to 1989 - On new results by Prof. Gerhard Heske\|pdf=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613132353/http://www.memo.uni-bremen.de/docs/m3309.pdf\|trans-title=DDR – BRD im ökonomisch-statistischen Vergleich 1950 bis 1989 - Zu neuen Ergebnissen von Prof. Gerhard Heske\|trans-lang=German}}</ref> The GDR had 24 doctors per 10,000 people by 1989, higher than the USA or [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland\|UK]].<ref>{{Web citation\|newspaper=[[Tricontinental]]\|title=‘Socialism Is the Best Prophylaxis’: The German Democratic Republic’s Health Care System\|date=2023-02-14\|url=https://thetricontinental.org/studies-2-ddr-health-care-2/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230214134923/https://thetricontinental.org/studies-2-ddr-health-care-2/#_Toc113466469\|archive-date=2023-02-14\|retrieved=2023-02-26}}</ref>

			=== Romania ===
			Under socialism, the [[Socialist Republic of Romania (1947–1989)\|Romanian]] life expectancy rose from 42 to 72 years. Industrial output rose by 650% from 1950 to 1989, and the government built 4.6 million houses. Women had paid maternity leave of 112 days.<ref name=":04">{{Web citation\|author=Patricia Gorky\|newspaper=[[Liberation News]]\|title=Romania: 30 years removed from socialism\|date=2019-12-26\|url=https://www.liberationnews.org/romania-30-years/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319072442/https://www.liberationnews.org/romania-30-years/\|archive-date=2022-03-19\|retrieved=2022-10-08}}</ref>

	== Latin America ==		== Latin America ==

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Economic development

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	=== Economic development ===		=== Economic development ===
	Between 1950 and 1952, agricultural production increased by 15% and the economy grew by an average of 25% every year. Heavy industry increased by 30 times between 1952 and 1979. Rural consumption of electricity increased by 71 times up to 1965. Since 1978, the Chinese economy has grown an additional 37 times<ref name=":1" /> with an average growth rate of 9.5%.<ref name=":2">{{Web citation\|author=J. Sykes\|newspaper=[[Fight Back! News]]\|title=Red Theory: The achievements of socialism in China\|date=2022-12-24\|url=https://www.fightbacknews.org/2022/12/24/red-theory-achievements-socialism-china\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230123044644/https://www.fightbacknews.org/2022/12/24/red-theory-achievements-socialism-china\|archive-date=2023-01-23\|retrieved=2023-02-05}}</ref>		Between 1950 and 1952, agricultural production increased by 15% and the economy grew by an average of 25% every year. Heavy industry increased by 30 times between 1952 and 1979. Rural consumption of electricity increased by 71 times up to 1965. Since 1978, the Chinese economy has grown an additional 37 times<ref name=":1" /> with an average growth rate of 9.5%.<ref name=":2">{{Web citation\|author=J. Sykes\|newspaper=[[Fight Back! News]]\|title=Red Theory: The achievements of socialism in China\|date=2022-12-24\|url=https://www.fightbacknews.org/2022/12/24/red-theory-achievements-socialism-china\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230123044644/https://www.fightbacknews.org/2022/12/24/red-theory-achievements-socialism-china\|archive-date=2023-01-23\|retrieved=2023-02-05}}</ref>

			During the First Five-Year Plan (1952–57), industry grew by 128% and agriculture grew by 25%. Grain production increased by 46% from 1965 to 1975.<ref name=":1" />

	=== Living standards ===		=== Living standards ===

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	The [[Bourgeoisie\|ruling class]] which owns the [[corporate media]] regularly demonizes the notions of [[socialism]] and [[communism]] to serve their own profit-seeking interests. They promote the idea that "socialism has failed everywhere it's been tried." (without mentioning the fact that these failures are oftentimes brought about through [[Central Intelligence Agency\|CIA]] coups)		The [[Bourgeoisie\|ruling class]] which owns the [[corporate media]] regularly demonizes the notions of [[socialism]] and [[communism]] to serve their own profit-seeking interests. They promote the idea that "socialism has failed everywhere it's been tried" (without mentioning the fact that these "failures" are oftentimes brought about through blockades, sanctions and [[Central Intelligence Agency\|CIA]] coups).

	In addition to raising the basic living conditions of citizens,<ref>{{News citation\|journalist=Marcida Dodson\|date=1986-06-07\|title=Quality of Life Higher in Socialist Nations, Study Says\|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-06-07-me-10010-story.html\|newspaper=Los Angeles Times}}</ref><ref>{{News citation\|journalist=[[Hakim]]\|date=2021-09-22\|title=Socialism is just better, scientifically\|url=https://youtu.be/FEHYeeRCtVI}}</ref> [[Socialist state\|socialist states]] have also produced valuable advances in the fields of science and technology, debunking the false claims that socialism cannot produce innovation.		In addition to raising the basic living conditions of citizens,<ref>{{News citation\|journalist=Marcida Dodson\|date=1986-06-07\|title=Quality of Life Higher in Socialist Nations, Study Says\|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-06-07-me-10010-story.html\|newspaper=Los Angeles Times}}</ref><ref>{{News citation\|journalist=[[Hakim]]\|date=2021-09-22\|title=Socialism is just better, scientifically\|url=https://youtu.be/FEHYeeRCtVI}}</ref> [[Socialist state\|socialist states]] have also produced valuable advances in the fields of science and technology, debunking the false claims that socialism cannot produce innovation.

	== USSR ==		== USSR ==

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Korea

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	== Korea ==		== Korea ==
	Following the division of [[Korea]], northern authorities shortened the work day to eight hours (seven for dangerous jobs), banned [[child labor]], and established social security, paid vacations of two weeks to a month, and gender equality. ~~Before~~ the ~~rise~~ of ~~socialism, workers worked 15-hour days with no~~ paid ~~vacations~~.<ref name=":12">{{Citation\|author=Stephen Gowans\|year=2018\|title=Patriots, Traitors and Empires: The Story of Korea’s Struggle for Freedom\|chapter=The Patriot State\|page=88–93\|pdf=https://ipfs.io/ipfs/bafykbzaced4iiga4ngtxusr2civjxewbili5jne2sbpefbx2s3im2kphattzc?filename=Stephen%20Gowans%20-%20Patriots%2C%20Traitors%20and%20Empires_%20The%20Story%20of%20Korea%E2%80%99s%20Struggle%20for%20Freedom-Baraka%20Books%20%282018%29.pdf\|city=Montreal\|publisher=Baraka Books\|isbn=9781771861427\|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=8435F6FF91279531705764823FDC2A7F}}</ref> Despite abolishing [[Tax\|taxes]] in 1974 and suffering severe [[Economic sanctions\|sanctions]] from the [[Imperial core\|West]], the [[Democratic People's Republic of Korea\|DPRK]] continues to provide [[Universal healthcare\|free healthcare]] and [[education]] to its citizens, and housing and food are very cheap.<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Zak Brown\|newspaper=Anti-Imperialism.org\|title=Towards a concrete analysis of the DPRK\|date=2023-11-18\|url=https://anti-imperialism.org/2013/11/18/towards-a-concrete-analysis-of-the-dprk/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200118135119/https://anti-imperialism.org/2013/11/18/towards-a-concrete-analysis-of-the-dprk/\|archive-date=2020-01-18\|retrieved=2023-03-12}}</ref>		Before the rise of socialism, workers worked 15-hour days with no paid vacations. Following the division of [[Korea]], northern authorities shortened the work day to eight hours (seven for dangerous jobs), banned [[child labor]], and established social security, paid vacations of two weeks to a month, and gender equality. Women made up 51% of the population and 49% of the workforce and had paid maternity leave and social programs to care for children.<ref name=":12">{{Citation\|author=Stephen Gowans\|year=2018\|title=Patriots, Traitors and Empires: The Story of Korea’s Struggle for Freedom\|chapter=The Patriot State\|page=88–93\|pdf=https://ipfs.io/ipfs/bafykbzaced4iiga4ngtxusr2civjxewbili5jne2sbpefbx2s3im2kphattzc?filename=Stephen%20Gowans%20-%20Patriots%2C%20Traitors%20and%20Empires_%20The%20Story%20of%20Korea%E2%80%99s%20Struggle%20for%20Freedom-Baraka%20Books%20%282018%29.pdf\|city=Montreal\|publisher=Baraka Books\|isbn=9781771861427\|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=8435F6FF91279531705764823FDC2A7F}}</ref> Despite abolishing [[Tax\|taxes]] in 1974 and suffering severe [[Economic sanctions\|sanctions]] from the [[Imperial core\|West]], the [[Democratic People's Republic of Korea\|DPRK]] continues to provide [[Universal healthcare\|free healthcare]] and [[education]] to its citizens, and housing and food are very cheap.<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Zak Brown\|newspaper=Anti-Imperialism.org\|title=Towards a concrete analysis of the DPRK\|date=2023-11-18\|url=https://anti-imperialism.org/2013/11/18/towards-a-concrete-analysis-of-the-dprk/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200118135119/https://anti-imperialism.org/2013/11/18/towards-a-concrete-analysis-of-the-dprk/\|archive-date=2020-01-18\|retrieved=2023-03-12}}</ref>

	== Germany ==		== Germany ==

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	Under the leadership of [[Mao Zedong\|Chairman Mao]], China's life expectancy rose from 38 to 68 years. It continued to increase after Mao's death and surpassed the U.S. to reach 78.2 years by 2022.<ref name=":2" />		Under the leadership of [[Mao Zedong\|Chairman Mao]], China's life expectancy rose from 38 to 68 years. It continued to increase after Mao's death and surpassed the U.S. to reach 78.2 years by 2022.<ref name=":2" />

	In 1949, less than 20% of China's population was ~~illiterate~~. Adult literacy rose to 57% by 1959 and now stands at 99.8% while the U.S. only has a literacy rate of 79%.<ref name=":2" />		In 1949, less than 20% of China's population was literate. Adult literacy rose to 57% by 1959 and now stands at 99.8% while the U.S. only has a literacy rate of 79%.<ref name=":2" />

	==== Poverty alleviation ====		==== Poverty alleviation ====