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I could cite a wealth of literature describing what Soviet life was actually like for people other than dissident whiners. But it would be a waste of time, bec
by asciilifeform 15y ago
I could cite a wealth of literature describing what Soviet life was actually like for people other than dissident whiners.
But it would be a waste of time, because 1) it would persuade no one - everyone here appears to have read-only minds on the subject and 2) most of it has never and will never be translated to English.
- woobar 15y agoPlease, share your best sources. Russian is my native language. I lived in USSR (Central Russia and Far East, Ukraine, Georgia). My children were born in Russia. Don't mind if I take your literature with a grain of salt though. PS: And I know for a fact that it was not possible to "get high-quality milk and cheese into peoples' stomachs without American notions of "profit"" in USSR for any reasonable period of time.