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  • 01100011101001111100 [she/her]
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    3 years ago

    The crosstabs on this are a little weird at first glance too: https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=https://www.levada.ru/2021/09/10/kakoj-dolzhna-byt-rossiya-v-predstavlenii-rossiyan/&prev=search&pto=aue

    It's mostly 55+ that want a return to the soviet system, Russian millennials and gen z mostly want western democracy. It makes sense in that the people that experienced the Soviet system have a better view and the people born after probably dont have much to compare it too than some western propoganda or babushka's thoughts. And by mostly, I mean 32% want western democracy vs 30% want soviet (the remainder split by status quo and no preference or something).

    Also, for stats nerds and sticklers it was an interview and not an online panel or something. They actually did some real work for this.

    • penguin_von_doom [she/her]
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      3 years ago

      It makes sense in that the people that experienced the Soviet system have a better view and the people born after probably dont have much to compare it too than some western propoganda or babushka’s thoughts

      It also makes sense to compare these to western boomers - reactionary chuds mostly, probably there is also an element of nostalgia going on. So, IMO such polls on blanket approval make little sense without also exploring the why on these views.