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So the soviet union had a single famine 8 years after it was formed, compared to the hundereds before, in the middle of a great depression and complete isolation on the international stage, and you condemn the rest of its existence as being 'plagued by starvation and hunger'?
P.s Heres a link to a declassified CIA document stating that compared to the average US diet, the soviets ate approximately the same amount of food, and had a more nutritious diet overall.
www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP85M00363R000601440024-5.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwiO-7euxM6AAxV-VkEAHaigD0UQFnoECBUQAQ&usg=AOvVaw06QRMVGCOurHDUtg96SRq0