I urge everyone to watch videos of old Russians talking about their lives in the USSR. It counters the “COMMUNISM IS DEATH” but it also counters the “THE USSR WAS A UTOPIA”.
The collapse of the USSR was the biggest tragedy of the 20th century, because even for all its mistakes and flaws combined, it still was a force for good in the world. Saved the world from nazism, but couldn't save the world from capitalism.
First link are interviews done by an American Socialist. Second one is some random YouTube channel. Last one is a dude interviewing his Kazakh grandfather who was a professor in the Soviet Union.
There's also Bald & Bankrupt who is a lot more fly-on-the-wall, and basically does travel vlogs around places like the former USSR. Pretty much everywhere he goes he hones in on the first 40+ person he can find and asks them if they prefer the USSR, and they always say yes.
There's a great bit in the video about Chelyabinsk (~12:30) where he's being guided by a younger Russian who says that he thinks older people liking the Soviet Union is just nostalgia, and that it's crazy people would have to go on a waiting list for a car or a TV - to which Bald says "I suppose nowadays they wouldn't be able to afford one at all"
The Russian guy goes :surprised-pika:
A really good oral history on the collapse of the Soviet Union is Secondhand Time by Svetlana Alexievich. It's a real depressing read but if you want to know more about people's thoughts on the Soviet Union looking back I definitely recommend it.
I urge everyone to watch videos of old Russians talking about their lives in the USSR. It counters the “COMMUNISM IS DEATH” but it also counters the “THE USSR WAS A UTOPIA”.
As a Lib Soc it’s very eye opening.
The collapse of the USSR was the biggest tragedy of the 20th century, because even for all its mistakes and flaws combined, it still was a force for good in the world. Saved the world from nazism, but couldn't save the world from capitalism.
Any good links?
Yes sorry. I was being lazy.
https://youtu.be/ui11x8vLQFI
https://youtu.be/sjI8jwn0Upo
https://youtu.be/H0PnpMVkD5E
First link are interviews done by an American Socialist. Second one is some random YouTube channel. Last one is a dude interviewing his Kazakh grandfather who was a professor in the Soviet Union.
There's also Bald & Bankrupt who is a lot more fly-on-the-wall, and basically does travel vlogs around places like the former USSR. Pretty much everywhere he goes he hones in on the first 40+ person he can find and asks them if they prefer the USSR, and they always say yes.
There's a great bit in the video about Chelyabinsk (~12:30) where he's being guided by a younger Russian who says that he thinks older people liking the Soviet Union is just nostalgia, and that it's crazy people would have to go on a waiting list for a car or a TV - to which Bald says "I suppose nowadays they wouldn't be able to afford one at all"
The Russian guy goes :surprised-pika:
heard he was a creep tho
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A really good oral history on the collapse of the Soviet Union is Secondhand Time by Svetlana Alexievich. It's a real depressing read but if you want to know more about people's thoughts on the Soviet Union looking back I definitely recommend it.
https://b-ok.cc/book/2717653/84bc0c