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[-] TAG@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

I know (and have discussed it with) plenty of people who lived in the former USSR. Everyone I spoke to agreed that it was a mess.

Of course, there is clear selection bias in who I spoke to (they are people I am friendly with and most of them reside outside of Eastern Europe) and all of them only experienced the Soviet system after it had gone through Stalin.

[-] OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml -2 points 11 months ago

Here is an illustrative anecdote since we are trading those:

I miss free housing, social justice, positive constrictive ideology, bearable work relations (or would it be more proper to say conditions?).

Age is....far above 30.

I admit, I haven't encountered social justice or ideology in my very early ages, but I had opportunity to feel benefits of free housing (since my family got a nice 3bd-room flat in their possession), and...my parents worked much less than I do, and never worked at home.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskARussian/comments/sxdi3q/comment/hxtgsbd/

Here is data: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1128057/russia-opinion-on-dissolution-of-the-ussr-by-age/

Note that the people who were adults before its collapse overwhelmingly want it back, and that Russians only supported its continuation back in the 90s referendum at 55ish percent compared to much higher percentages in the non-Russian SSRs.

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