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30 years later, 63% of Russians regret the dissolution of the Soviet Union (www.idcommunism.com)
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[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 years ago (1 children)

^This. Nostalgia often fools people.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago (1 children)

Yeah, nostalgia for things like guaranteed food, housing, healthcare, and education. Nostalgia for never having to worry about losing your job and ending up on the street, or not being able to retire in dignity. Old people are especially nostalgic for the times when they didn't have to live under the bridges and scavenge for food in the garbage.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 years ago (1 children)

And yet there's nostalgia for Maggie and Ronnie.

Nostalgia's a fucked-up thing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago

You get that quality of life dropped for vast majority of people after USSR collapsed. People's living conditions objectively became worse in practically every way.