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   Radical_EgoCom (radical_egocom@kolektiva.social)'s status on Friday, 07-Jul-2023 17:09:58 JST Radical_EgoCom

   The Soviet Union was not a country for the workers; it was a country for the ruling class

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     Ruth O’Day (ruthoday@chaosfem.tw)'s status on Friday, 07-Jul-2023 17:10:08 JST Ruth O’Day

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     Am I mistaken or does the bottle on the rights side of the image have a Pepsi logo?

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Friday, 07-Jul-2023 17:10:11 JST clacke

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     @RuthODay @Radical_EgoCom Was there some local drink with a symbol derived from the flag of the Russian SFSR?
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     Radical_EgoCom (radical_egocom@kolektiva.social)'s status on Friday, 07-Jul-2023 20:50:03 JST Radical_EgoCom

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     @clacke @RuthODay In 1972, Kendall and Soviet officials announced a deal that would exchange equivalent values of Pepsi for Soviet vodkas made by Stolichnaya and Sovetskaya. Not only would Pepsi become the first American soft drink available in the USSR, but the deal also locked Coca-Cola out of the Soviet market.

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     @sabik @Radical_EgoCom @clacke @RuthODay that's not the only time they did a deal, at one point the exchanged pepsi for warships.

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     sabik (sabik@rants.au)'s status on Friday, 07-Jul-2023 20:50:06 JST sabik

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     @Radical_EgoCom @clacke @RuthODay
     1972 is somewhat later than 1932, so either that "sickie" poster isn't Stalin era, or it's some other drink

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