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It doesn't really seem like it makes much sense to call it 'Soviet', then? I mean, soviets exist, sure, but if they're on the same level as cooperatives or labour unions in the West, it's sort of disingenuous to identify with Lenin's state.
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It's virtually identical to Lenin's NEP, which he implemented over the last few years of his life to try to alleviate stagnation and famine, but then was immediately reversed by Stalin when he came to power, causing all the terrible things we associate with the Soviet Union today. So it's perhaps a return to the original spirit.