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