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No, I am not trying to derail anything. Holodomor happened during the Stalin's time indeed, but USSR had sharply changed its politics after his death. Late Sovi
by IWeldMelons 9y ago
No, I am not trying to derail anything. Holodomor happened during the Stalin's time indeed, but USSR had sharply changed its politics after his death. Late Soviet Union did not have any holodmors and such, and for many people life in USSR was better that it is now. I can say for sure, economically, Central Asia, Moldova and even Ukraine were better off in USSR than they are today.
- 0ld 9y agoAs someone who lived a half of his life in that very "late soviet union", I'd like to ask you to try telling your fairy tales elsewhere. Even a simple googling for images of "late ussr shops" or "late ussr queues" would give anyone a very good idea of how "economically better" it was.
- IWeldMelons 9y agoAccording to the CIA, GDP per capita of the USSR in 1990 was 1/2 of the GDP of the US. GDP of Tajikistan today is 1/50th of the US's, and after adjustment for purchasing power 1/20th of American. Same true for Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova and to lesser extent Armenia, Georgia and Ukraine.
- dang 9y ago> try telling your fairy tales elsewhere You can't post like that to HN, both because it's personally uncivil and because national/ideological flamewar is not welcome here. The world is big. People have vastly different perspectives. One person's experience doesn't contradict another's. Commenters here must remain respectful, and it costs nothing except a bit of effort to do so. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html