Many socialist states were former colonies or under capitalist regimes aligned with the colonial capitalist regimes, Vietnam, Laos, Korea, Cuba. They bad to build themselves up, under the capitalist attempts at sabotage. So unlikely they had enough resources to do anything back at hat scale.
USSR was indeed a powerful ally for them, but seems to have lesser resources compared to the Western empires with all their centuries of colonial expanse and the wealth accumulated.
The Sino-Soviet split also probably reduced united strength
The capitalist colonial regimes in many places fell tho. The South African apartheid regime backed by the USAmerican capitalist bloc, fell. Many colonies got free.
So, they were able to tackle colonialism, but likely did not have more resources for the level of influence that the colonial/capitalist bloc had
Western financialization permitted high consumption and concentration of wealth in an establishment capable of financing war/military… until its current later stage.
Thank you for this. When I think of the real circumstances on the ground that these states faced, how little they had to do with, and how constricted their ability to make any real changes, I’m really amazed that they had any success at all, and… I kind of see why vassal states are afraid to make a break for it. It’s like being tethered with a slipknot around the neck. The only solution is sever the tether, risk breaking your neck, or be strangled slowly with any movement made, or have the captor tighten or loosen the noose to whatever degree and how slowly or quickly as dictated by their caprices.
I think they were weaker, had lesser resources.
Many socialist states were former colonies or under capitalist regimes aligned with the colonial capitalist regimes, Vietnam, Laos, Korea, Cuba. They bad to build themselves up, under the capitalist attempts at sabotage. So unlikely they had enough resources to do anything back at hat scale.
USSR was indeed a powerful ally for them, but seems to have lesser resources compared to the Western empires with all their centuries of colonial expanse and the wealth accumulated.
The Sino-Soviet split also probably reduced united strength
The capitalist colonial regimes in many places fell tho. The South African apartheid regime backed by the USAmerican capitalist bloc, fell. Many colonies got free.
So, they were able to tackle colonialism, but likely did not have more resources for the level of influence that the colonial/capitalist bloc had
Western financialization permitted high consumption and concentration of wealth in an establishment capable of financing war/military… until its current later stage.
Thank you for this. When I think of the real circumstances on the ground that these states faced, how little they had to do with, and how constricted their ability to make any real changes, I’m really amazed that they had any success at all, and… I kind of see why vassal states are afraid to make a break for it. It’s like being tethered with a slipknot around the neck. The only solution is sever the tether, risk breaking your neck, or be strangled slowly with any movement made, or have the captor tighten or loosen the noose to whatever degree and how slowly or quickly as dictated by their caprices.