I occasionally encounter a Soviet patriots who defends the USSR by comparing their crimes favorably to the United States, and grossly exaggerating Soviet military and economic power.

I am thrilled to have found this video which is so perfect a reply to their arguments that I feel relieved of the responsibility of making one myself.

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Note: I originally wrote Soviet “Nationalists” but I’m beginning to reserve that term to relate to ethnicity as opposed to political union.