For 11 Years, the Soviet Union Had No Weekends

Re:For 11 Years, the Soviet Union Had No Weekends by stale2002 on Sunday October 07, 2018 @02:45PM (#18162013)

Well, you could read the stuff that was written by the people who actually lived through it.

Many people who grew up in the Soviet Union, are still alive today. There are even a couple in this very thread, and apparently they know very much how horrible it was.

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Re:For 11 Years, the Soviet Union Had No Weekends by severino on Sunday October 07, 2018 @03:50PM (#18162302)

Yes, I could read that kind of stuff, but I would also find opinions of people who also grew up in the SU and miss it. In fact, I've recently read about polls where 60% of the russians regret the end of the USSR. So, I think this is not something black or white. You had to actually live there, not just watch it through television.

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Re:For 11 Years, the Soviet Union Had No Weekends by Fins on Monday October 08, 2018 @01:20AM (#18164298)

There very much are people who miss the USSR. Some are paid for it. Some honestly miss it because... well, I don't want to go into analyzing national mentality here, but there's a Russian saying that goes "if they are afraid of us, it means that they respect us". And people certainly were afraid of USSR.

This perceived loss of respect drives a lot of nostalgia for the USSR.

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