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These pioneer kids would be learning the 'responsibilities' on DZhD, just to face the rampant bribes and neglect on RL 'adult' railroads and elsewhere in the us
by zoomablemind 4y ago
These pioneer kids would be learning the 'responsibilities' on DZhD, just to face the rampant bribes and neglect on RL 'adult' railroads and elsewhere in the ussr.
It may not seem so obvious, but those who lived their adolescence through the soviet 60-80s in ussr russia are the very same cohort that now authorize the killing and the violent destruction of the so 'cherished' soviet-built infrastructure in Ukraine.
This only underscores that the children inevitably absorb the moral corruption - as the soviet times were soaked through with - just as another survival-skill no matter how it was dressed.
Fuck the dusted off soviet nostalgy - look at the present deeds!
- cameron_b 4y agoI for one have been very interested of late in the history of the USSR the Soviet Republics themselves and the style and achievements they put forward. I don't think this needs to be understood in the sense of nostalgia. More than that I think it is important to understand the social decisions that lead to outcomes we despise. As you say, the kids who initially ran these railways had peers or passengers who now call the shots in a society we deeply disagree with. But at the same time we can marvel at how grown up a 10-15 year old can seem while shuttling around holiday travelers. Somewhere along the way the Workers' principles were displaced by people who sought power over them. Often it is in others' experiences that we can start to understand ourselves, whether by contrast of complement.