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It's interesting to see the binary view of the world even here, in HN comments. It should be clear that there is no one prevailing, unanimously accepted percept
by dvfjsdhgfv 9y ago
It's interesting to see the binary view of the world even here, in HN comments. It should be clear that there is no one prevailing, unanimously accepted perception of the Soviet past. There are people who long for it, and there are those who hate it; some people don't have any strong feelings about it. They all have their valid reasons to do so, whether being young and associating pleasant memories with the past epoch or losing a family member in repressions etc. It makes no sense to impose one's views on others and trying to explain it to them why they should perceive the past in a different way than they already do.
- Const-me 9y agoI agree with your comment. But the reason why people are discussing the subject, and for that article to be published now in 2018, is not the past. The reason is Russians have recreated much of that past. KGB rule, human rights issues, military aggression towards neighbor countries, cold war rhetorics and propaganda, state sponsored terrorism, it’s all right now in the present. And it looks like the world either doesn’t care, or doesn’t know what to do about that. Both options are kinda scary.
- cassianoleal 9y agoThe world has yet to find out what to do with the US's version of all those issues. Once we solve that, we might turn to Russia, or perhaps we find a solution for both at the same time.