Stalin literally pushed Yugoslavia into the arms of capitalists because he couldn’t handle a socialist country not bowing to him.
But seriously, what did the USSR really do for Yugoslavia after the split besides import goods, and enable regular people to make profits from smuggling? The post war industrialisation aid was long over decades before the USSR fell apart. So the only major benefit was that they were hostile enough to force the creation of the unaligned.
But IMO the main reason Yugo fell apart was that it was based on Tito’s cult of personality, and not on long lasting systems. That’s why everything went downhill really quickly after he died.
Last I checked Yugoslavia was firmly socialist. And that was the primary reason NATO invaded it, something they would’ve never dared to do when USSR was around. If you don’t understand this basic fact, don’t know what else to tell you.
Read up on the Tito-Stalin split and the unaligned. Socialist doesn’t mean Soviet aligned.
The primary reason they invaded was because the country was in the middle of an extremely bloody civil war with ethnic cleansing going all around. It’s absolutely delusional to think the USSR would or could have prevented that.
I’m well aware of the Tito-Stalin split and the unaligned. You do realize that neither Yugoslavia or USSR in the 80s remotely resembled what they were link in the 50s right?
The primary reason NATO invaded was to destroy a socialist state, and if you genuinely believe that NATO invaded to stop ethnic cleansing then you need to get your head checked.
Meanwhile, the fact that you don’t understand that NATO would’ve never dared to invade Yugoslavia while USSR was around clearly demonstrates that you have no clue regarding the subject you’re attempting to debate here and your woefully uninformed opinions can be safely ignored.
Considering I have a Yugoslavian passport, I might just know a bit more about the state of it in the 80-90s than you. But sure, enjoy your tankie delusions… Buhbye
Having a Yugoslavian passport clearly does not stand in your way of being an ignoramus. But sure enjoy spewing nonsense confidently like the living embodiment of Dunning-Kruger effect that you are.
If the socialist federal Republic of Yugoslavia was invaded because they were socialist, why was the KINGDOM of Yugoslavia invaded? Or the KINGDOM of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes? Did you forget about both of the world wars?
It’s almost like every time some southern Slavs manage to unite, there’s at least one western power trying to divide them… It’s literally in no major power’s benefit to have united Balkans, USSR included.
If USSR didn’t fall neither would Yugoslavia though.
I disagree.
Stalin literally pushed Yugoslavia into the arms of capitalists because he couldn’t handle a socialist country not bowing to him.
But seriously, what did the USSR really do for Yugoslavia after the split besides import goods, and enable regular people to make profits from smuggling? The post war industrialisation aid was long over decades before the USSR fell apart. So the only major benefit was that they were hostile enough to force the creation of the unaligned.
But IMO the main reason Yugo fell apart was that it was based on Tito’s cult of personality, and not on long lasting systems. That’s why everything went downhill really quickly after he died.
Last I checked Yugoslavia was firmly socialist. And that was the primary reason NATO invaded it, something they would’ve never dared to do when USSR was around. If you don’t understand this basic fact, don’t know what else to tell you.
That’s rich…
Read up on the Tito-Stalin split and the unaligned. Socialist doesn’t mean Soviet aligned.
The primary reason they invaded was because the country was in the middle of an extremely bloody civil war with ethnic cleansing going all around. It’s absolutely delusional to think the USSR would or could have prevented that.
I’m well aware of the Tito-Stalin split and the unaligned. You do realize that neither Yugoslavia or USSR in the 80s remotely resembled what they were link in the 50s right?
The primary reason NATO invaded was to destroy a socialist state, and if you genuinely believe that NATO invaded to stop ethnic cleansing then you need to get your head checked.
Meanwhile, the fact that you don’t understand that NATO would’ve never dared to invade Yugoslavia while USSR was around clearly demonstrates that you have no clue regarding the subject you’re attempting to debate here and your woefully uninformed opinions can be safely ignored.
Bye.
Considering I have a Yugoslavian passport, I might just know a bit more about the state of it in the 80-90s than you. But sure, enjoy your tankie delusions… Buhbye
Having a Yugoslavian passport clearly does not stand in your way of being an ignoramus. But sure enjoy spewing nonsense confidently like the living embodiment of Dunning-Kruger effect that you are.
If the socialist federal Republic of Yugoslavia was invaded because they were socialist, why was the KINGDOM of Yugoslavia invaded? Or the KINGDOM of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes? Did you forget about both of the world wars?
It’s almost like every time some southern Slavs manage to unite, there’s at least one western power trying to divide them… It’s literally in no major power’s benefit to have united Balkans, USSR included.