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Re:'Coup 53' tells the story of 1953 campaign by MI6 and CIA... by sudosysgen on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @02:09PM (#24213799)
The USSR's philosophy was that under Lenin, under Stalin all hopes of worldwide revolution were abandoned and the philosophy shifted to "Socialism in one country".

More relevant to your point:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia_involvement_in_regime_c... (This includes the overthrow of Nazi and Imperial Japanese invasion governments, and a good third were post-USSR)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_r... (This includes only Nazi overthrows)

As you can see, the second is significantly longer despite not including regime change attempts against Imperial Japanese governments.

If you remove WW2 and WW1, the US list is over twice as long.

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Re:'Coup 53' tells the story of 1953 campaign by MI6 and CIA... by antiutopian on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @02:16PM (#24213901)
Did you mean "unlike under Lenin"?
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Re:'Coup 53' tells the story of 1953 campaign by MI6 and CIA... by sudosysgen on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @02:22PM (#24214005)
I meant that under Lenin, the philosophy was to export revolution worldwide so that the Soviet Union would integrate into a worldwide, international socialism.

Under Stalin, the policy of "Socialism in one country" was implemented, and foreign intervention was no longer a priority nor a philosophical goal. Which is why, under Stalin, the USSR attempted to ally with capitalist nations.

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Re:'Coup 53' tells the story of 1953 campaign by MI6 and CIA... by antiutopian on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @04:29PM (#24215961)
I agree, I just think you said it wrong in your original post!
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Re:'Coup 53' tells the story of 1953 campaign by MI6 and CIA... by sudosysgen on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @07:17PM (#24217976)
Oh yes, I can totally understand how I wrote it badly. Thanks!
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