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When I first asked my dad what life was like in the Soviet Union, he stared into the distance and responded that life wasn’t as worrisome because the basics were always taken care of. His opinion of life back then is decidedly more negative today after fifteen years on the salary of a tenured professor instead of stocking shelves at Aldi.
People really don’t appreciate how people in the Soviet Union never had to worry that they’re gonna lose their job and end up on the street or that they couldn’t retire in dignity. Pretty much everybody in the west lives under the gun. No matter how good your job is, something could happen tomorrow and you end up unemployed, and then your whole life can be turned upside down.
but but but but alL ThoSe ViCtImS oF ComMuniSM!!! - liberals
She could’ve had fifteen kids to work for the delivery apps but selfishly chose to get an education instead. That’s fifteen for the Black Book right there /s
That or when they say “communism” they really mean Russia in the 90s, i.e. capitalist shock therapy.
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Seeing you guys clutch your pearls and cross the street to avoid communist ideas is never not funny
Oh its a .world zionazi liberal, carry on
I think it’s valid to point out that the majority of people that lived in the Soviet Union regret its fall, and that a good reason for that is the much better social safety nets that existed under socialism.
The vast majority of old people miss their childhood.
Really? Cause I know a couple who don’t. They were born during a forty year period of martial law and anticommunist terror where even expressing the desire for people to have their needs met could get you thrown in a concentration camp or disappeared into the jungle.
I also know people that lived through my country’s fascist period and seemingly “things were better back then”…
These anecdotal evidences mean little, you’ll find someone with the opposing opinion or experience.
You’re right, data is king. So what does the data say about the opinions people who lived through those times? Oh right, you’ve already dismissed that as “old people missing their childhoods”.
Of course, if they were saying the opposite, that communism was awful and capitalism was better, you would have no trouble taking them at their word.
Sure. But if you listen to what people who lived in the Soviet Union have to say, they very clearly reference the more robust system, the pride they had as workers, and the high valuation on science and humanity. These aren’t mere nostalgic platitudes, they were lived reality for hundreds of millions of workers. That’s a valid feeling.
You’ll also find people talking about the food lines and the rationing, the envy of western abundance, the countless crackdowns on freedom and liberties, the famines, etc…
Lol you will not, because this is a cartoon list of Commie Shit from someone who has never looked into any of it. Lol cmon man “crackdown on freedom and liberties”? Really? You sound like an animatronic of JFK.
Call me woke, but I think feeding the people is a good thing. The capitalist alternative is just letting hungry people starve. Many did envy western trinkets, but when said abundance was built on imperialism, rather than the workers in the west, it’s not exactly a sustainable practice. Looking above, the woman is reminiscing on free apartments and education. The advanced social safety net under socialism increased freedom and liberties, creating far more individual autonomy. No idea what you mean by famine, the soviets eradicated famine and for those who lived in the socialist bloc, famine is out of living memory.
bye fash
This tells me they still have free health care, unlike the uncivilized USA.
