It’s a low bar, but they’re more socialist than any nordic country at least. Lukashenko’s said nothing better than Marxism-Leninism so far has been invented in or after (?) a discussion with Dugin (yeah, I know). He’s, like, begrudgingly socialist because he’s at least smart enough to see how fucking stupid liberals and liberalism are. Belarus also has lower poverty rates than anywhere in Europe last I checked.
For example, the Faculty of Humanities and Language Communications. It used to be called simply the Faculty of Philology, but after several new specialties emerged, the name was changed on the advice of scientists. “We sometimes try to play smart where there is absolutely no need for that, trying hard to stay on trend, not be retrogrades. We need to stay simple, to be understandable for people,” [Lukashenko] said.
In this regard, he pointed out that in his time after the collapse of the USSR people shied away from such words as ideology or propaganda. But there is nothing wrong with them. “Aren’t we agitating for something? I always campaign you to do this or that,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said.
Valentina Bogatyreva gifted the new textbook “Modern Political Economy” to the president.
“What place does the Marxist-Leninist ideology occupy in this modern political economy?” the head of state said.
“The primary one,” [Bogatyreva] replied.
“Have you decided to go back to it?” Aleksandr Lukashenko wondered.
Poverty measured by the upper middle-income poverty line of $6.85 in 2017PPP remained low in Belarus, at around 1 to 2 percent of the
population between 2018 and 2020. Based on the national poverty line (the minimum subsistence budget), poverty declined from 3.9 percent in
2022 to 3.6 percent in 2023.
Belarus’ economy expanded by 3.9 percent in 2023, rebounding from a contraction of 4.7 percent in 2022. Households’ real disposable income
rose by 6.3 percent in 2023, bouncing back from a 3.6 percent decline in 2022. Although employment fell by 1 percent year-on-year, this was
balanced by an 11 percent increase in real wages and a 3.8 percent increase in real pensions.
It’s a low bar, but they’re more socialist than any nordic country at least. Lukashenko’s said nothing better than Marxism-Leninism so far has been invented in or after (?) a discussion with Dugin (yeah, I know). He’s, like, begrudgingly socialist because he’s at least smart enough to see how fucking stupid liberals and liberalism are. Belarus also has lower poverty rates than anywhere in Europe last I checked.
https://eng.belta.by/president/view/lukashenko-given-modern-political-economy-textbook-based-on-marxist-leninist-theory-161020-2024/
Edit: World bank says:
https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/099947501032542551/pdf/IDU-57055ce4-7394-4338-8405-8ce221c2ae1a.pdf