Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but to me and I think a lot of people that are likely to be on this site the Soviet Union just doesn't conjure up many ro

Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but to me and I think a lot of people that are likely to be on this site the Soviet Union just doesn't conjure up many rosy images or anything - no squeeze is needed. Having a list of accomplishments doesn't negate criticism. I'd actually argue going from a semi-feudal rural society to a hyper military-industrial one in such a short timespan and in a forced top-down approach actually made things worse in the long run. I'm biased though, since the only people I know from the Soviet Union were the ones who escaped.