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  • ledward@lemmygrad.mltoCommunism101@lemmygrad.ml•What is Lukashenko like? What are his policies?
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    2 years ago

    Belarus hasn’t done the reforms that other post-Soviet states have, thanks to him mainly. They essentially still have a command economy, but there is no central planning involved. The public sector is large, many are employed by the state. Privatization hasn’t been done very much at all. The income and income inequality numbers are some of the best in Europe. The communist party has a decent presence in the state assembly too, 11 in the House, and 17 in the Council. The party leadership supports him. And he has made sure to kick out all western NGOs and the like, and keep them out. No subversive influences.

    Putin may be better than most western politicians, but Lukashenko seems to be much better than Putin overall.

    Also, just a little fun fact, the state emblem is the same as the SSR version, besides the hammer and sickle being replaced by an outline of the country borders.

    I do wonder why Belarus is never mentioned as AES. I would say it may qualify.