Oh, plenty of old folks fondly remember the Soviet past. Especially those people who liked the idea of communism and benefitted from being active communists, li

Oh, plenty of old folks fondly remember the Soviet past. Especially those people who liked the idea of communism and benefitted from being active communists, like my grandmother (and I don't mean that evil communist stereotype about sending everyone to Gulag, I mean being active in unions, organizing work etc.). Many people were simply indifferent. Soviet people desiring nothing but freedoms and American merchandise is a very one-sided narrative.