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Mfs who never visited easten bloc and idealise life during ussr need to visit romania , moldova , kyrgystan etc
The fall of the soviet union resulted in a massive downgrade in the standard of living for every former soviet nation, you don't need to travel there in person to figure that out
You say life under socialism was good yet life in those same countries right now after the collapse of socialism and 30+ years of capitalism life is not good, curious...
Yup, mfs should visit them now to see what sort of hell capitalism created there.
Uhhh, you know two things can both be bad simultaneously, right? The Soviet Union was a merciless colonizing empire that subjugated and poisoned everything it touched. That’s what empires do.
No, this is wildly incorrect. The Soviet Union had no colonies, nor did it run its economy based on extraction and foreign plundering. It was an economy where public ownership was the principle aspect of the economy, and production was focused primarily on meeting people's needs, which is why life expectancy doubled, literacy rates tripled, homelessness was at or near 0 (outside of critical periods like World War II), education and healthcare were free and high quality, etc.
I've visited them. Capitalism sure did wreck them.
Have you visited romania in '94 ?