In the cold war, a war without gunpowder smoke, the ideological and economic war of the United States is even more terrible than artillery and missiles.
They didn't have to kill people, but they killed the unity of the Soviet people.
They do not need to occupy land, and divided people will naturally split the country.
The disintegration of the huge Soviet Union meant that the pillars of socialism at that time collapsed.
Countless countries have given up socialism and turned to capitalism. How are they now?
Russia and Ukraine
As the torch and flag bearer of the socialist camp in the last century, the former Soviet Union has influence all over the world, and China has also been influenced by the Soviet Union.
Under the internal differences, the Soviet Union, a giant socialist, was overwhelmed and collapsed, and Canyang officially put an end to the brilliant past.
This major historical event was like a huge wave. The participating countries announced their independence one after another, got rid of Soviet rule, and abandoned the original socialist system one by one.
Since then, the world pattern has undergone earth shaking changes. This not only means the end of an ideology and a way of life, but also leads to the reshaping of the global political and economic landscape and the redistribution of the pattern.
After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Russia inherited most of the Soviet Union's heritage, but Russia has transformed into a capitalist country.
This is a very painful transformation for Russia. Fortunately, with vast territory and strong family background, Russia stood up.
But now Russia is more a military power than an economic power. The country relies heavily on the sale of energy, and the high-tech industry is struggling.
The Russian President once vigorously supported the local technology manufacturing industry, even restricted the import of products, in order to make Russia's own "Huawei". Now, after so many years, it has obviously failed.
In Shakhty in May 1998, coal miners took a rest on the tracks of the coal mine.
However, the situation of other small countries separated from Russia is even less optimistic. Although the Western countries support Ukraine every day, before the war, they often bullied Ukraine. At that time, Ukraine had become a "European womb". Ukrainian people could only engage in low-end jobs in Europe and America, such as cleaners, nannies, and cheap surrogates.
Five Central Asian Countries
Similar to Russia, there are five Central Asian countries. Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, due to the lack of geographical conditions and resources, are very backward in economic development, with per capita GDP hovering between 1000 and 2000 dollars.
Today, in addition to Slovenia and Croatia's integration into the EU, the economic level has improved. But the overall economic level is not much different from that of Xinjiang in China.
Other countries, such as Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Macedonia, were either hindered by turmoil or stagnated in the lower middle income stage for a long time.
Not all countries were depressed because of the disintegration of the Soviet Union, but some countries benefited from it, such as Germany, which merged East and West.
Germany
At first, due to the strong support of the Soviet Union, the economic situation of East Germany was once better than that of West Germany. By the end of the 1980s, the development gap between East and West Germany had opened to a surprising extent.
Later, East and West Germany achieved the long-awaited unification. Germany is still one of the world's high-income countries. A country with perfect social welfare. The Berlin Wall has now become a landscape.
baltic states
The three Baltic countries are Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Before the disintegration of the Soviet Union, these three countries were all Soviet Union republics, located along the Baltic Sea.
With the collapse of the Soviet Union, the three Baltic countries seized the opportunity to declare their independence in 1991.
These three countries have the geographical advantage of maritime transportation and good economic foundation. After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, their finances were stable and production resumed soon. The people were highly educated and productive, but they did not have independent military forces.
So they joined NATO militarily and joined the European Union economically.
In essence, these small countries must rely on strong support, otherwise it is difficult to ensure their own security, whether economically or militarily. When the big Soviet tree fell, they had to look for other backers.
In this big shuffle, the differentiation of different countries is undoubtedly the most obvious feature. Russia, Germany, Poland and other countries have been able to re emerge on the world stage.
Countries in other regions, such as those in Central Asia and Africa, have become abandoned children of this change and continue to struggle in poverty and turbulence.
Now, besides China, what other socialist countries are there in the world?
sparks of fire
Today, there are five countries still adhering to socialism in the world: China, North Korea, Vietnam, Cuba, and Laos.
It can be said that we do not have an advantage in number, but China has gone out of its own way and become more and more powerful.
Vietnam's economy has been getting better in recent years. They have constantly strengthened cooperation with foreign enterprises and introduced many processing plants of electronic enterprises.
It even took over many low-end manufacturing industries produced in China. Vietnam is making more and more goods. The main reason is that Vietnam has low living costs and cheap labor.
Although the income level of Vietnamese workers is low, only 2000 yuan a month. But the sense of ownership is very strong. As long as Western factories dare to take less holidays and provide less welfare, workers will unite and resist.
However, in recent years, the situation of Vietnamese workers is not so good. In order to reduce costs, the textile industry, wood processing, electronics and other industries will move to other countries, and foreign-funded enterprises will also cut jobs.
It is not easy for other countries, especially Cuba, to develop under the siege of the West. In particular, the economic blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba has made it difficult to import goods.
The country's economy is difficult to develop, and young people can only go abroad to work. Young people with families who are difficult to return are dissatisfied. The United States took the opportunity to carry out ideological warfare and create social chaos.
Cuba has been confronting the economic blockade and political destruction of the United States for many years. Even if their power, food and medicine are in short supply, they are unwilling to give up.
We did not fail to provide assistance to Cuba. At that time, China urgently needed 300000 tons of white sugar as strategic materials. Cuba, as a major white sugar producer, gave us full support and gave us a minimum price.
However, a country cannot rely on assistance to go on, and a socialist country must rely on self-reliance and self-improvement in order to better develop socialism.
Cuba's scenery is very beautiful, and tourism is one of their main incomes. However, with the blockade of the United States, foreign tourists are becoming less and less.
The dilemma of Cuba lies in the interference of the United States over the years. With a huge stone on its head, it is difficult for the Cuban sapling to grow tall. North Korea and Cuba, on the contrary, rely on their own initiative to block themselves to protect their own security.
Apart from these five countries, there are still 8 million communists in other capitalist countries. With the rise of China, other countries will become more and more confident that China will embark on a unique road of red development.
