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The Soviets were decades ahead of the U.S. The existential dread that's reflected in late Soviet art directly mirrors what Americans are currently experiencing,
by smhost 6y ago
The Soviets were decades ahead of the U.S. The existential dread that's reflected in late Soviet art directly mirrors what Americans are currently experiencing, at the end stages of its imperial reign.
- SideburnsOfDoom 6y agoFYI, there's a recent English translation of "The Doomed City" by the Strugatsky brothers, if you're into Soviet Sci-fi beyond Stanisław Lem, or if you want to see what dystopian fiction written by citizens of an actual dystopia looks like.