krolden@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoLemmy since the reddit collapselemmy.mlimagemessage-square753fedilinkarrow-up1833arrow-down1205cross-posted to: chapotraphouse@hexbear.net
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minus-squareinfuziSporg [e/em/eir]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down2·1 year agoI have an idea of what a state is, but what’s a “soviet”? That’s not an English word. What does “soviet” mean in Russian?
minus-squareanachronistlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 year agoI know you’re being cute but “soviet” is indeed a word in English: http://dict.org/bin/Dict Soviet adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of the former Soviet Union or its people; "Soviet leaders" n 1: an elected governmental council in a communist country (especially one that is a member of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) And it means what I intended it to mean, the official state ideology of the USSR: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideology_of_the_Communist_Party_of_the_Soviet_Union
minus-squareinfuziSporg [e/em/eir]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThat sounds bland, I like the idea of council communism better. How do you say “council communism” in Russian?
I have an idea of what a state is, but what’s a “soviet”? That’s not an English word.
What does “soviet” mean in Russian?
I know you’re being cute but “soviet” is indeed a word in English: http://dict.org/bin/Dict
Soviet adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of the former Soviet Union or its people; "Soviet leaders" n 1: an elected governmental council in a communist country (especially one that is a member of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
And it means what I intended it to mean, the official state ideology of the USSR: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideology_of_the_Communist_Party_of_the_Soviet_Union
That sounds bland, I like the idea of council communism better.
How do you say “council communism” in Russian?