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Spoken like someone whose never set foot outside the Western world. The main reason this sort of attitude pisses me off is because it assumes -- arrogantly --
by jessedhillon 15y ago
Spoken like someone whose never set foot outside the Western world.
The main reason this sort of attitude pisses me off is because it assumes -- arrogantly -- that hundreds of thousands of people stayed in the USSR because they were not as determined/motivated as some kid on HN. You simply have no clue how uninformed you are about the reality of that situation at that time.
Hiding under a train carriage to escape the country? Are you kidding!? Try it some time, it's harder than you might think.
- maxbrown 15y agoWhile your "pissed-off"-ness may be overstated for HN, I very much appreciate your comment. Thanks. My (Jewish) great-grandmother left the USSR in the late 1910's hidden in a hay cart at the bottom of a freight ship. I wouldn't be here today if not for that feat.