If you’ve never lived in a communist state you’re much more likely to favour communism. People who have (lived in communism) don’t.
- Gallup, 2013: Former Soviet Countries See More Harm From Breakup
- Pew Research, 2017: In Russia, nostalgia for Soviet Union and positive feelings about Stalin
- United Nations, 2019: Helping 800 Million People Escape Poverty Was Greatest Such Effort in History, Says Secretary-General, on Seventieth Anniversary of China’s Founding
- Newsweek, 2022: Americans Can Now Expect to Live Three Years Less than Cubans
Thanks, BASIC, for teaching me so much I had to later unlearn in order to not be a garbage programmer.