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The U.S. Centric View on the World in 1962. Except the Mongolian photo. How did it make there?

by fedd 14y ago

trimbo 14y ago
I never understand this complaint. It's a US-based news source (The Atlantic) posted to a US-based news aggregator (HN). Why would you expect, or demand, it to not be US centric? You're more than welcome to post collections like this from non-US news sources on hacker news, if you wish.
- ezequiel-garzon 14y ago
  Why would you expect, or demand, it to not be US centric? I, for one, would not. But "The World" in the title seems unwarranted. Just as it does for many "World Series" that only apply to the US, even if everybody deems American teams of sport X to be clearly above the rest.
  - mindrag 14y ago
    The best baseball players in the world play in the US, so it truly is a World Series, regardless of where the teams play.
    - canadiancreed 14y ago
      Well not all of them play in the US. http://toronto.bluejays.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=tor&sv=1 http://toronto.bluejays.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=tor&sv=1
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  - fedd 14y ago
    Yes. In 1962, for example, the FIFA World Cup was held in Chile. And it was a really world scale event http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1962_FIFA_World_Cup http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1962_FIFA_World_Cup
- fedd 14y ago
  I agree with you except with that I am welcomed with some Eastern bloc POV :) I wont even try
  - trimbo 14y ago
    I think everyone here would be super interested to see more pics/description of the Eastern bloc during that era. Post something cool!
    - DanBC 14y ago
      Yes! It would be fascinating. I went to Moscow and Leningrad in 1986. Just buying things - you queue to point at what you want and then you get a ticket. You take the ticket to a second queue, to pay for the item and get a receipt. You join a third queue with your receipt to collect the item. I'd love to read more about that time, especially from people who lived there.
      - fedd 14y ago
        I didn't live there that time, I am much younger. But as for receipts, we have this system till now at some stores, in car or computer parts stores, except that you write down item codes on a sheet of paper by yourself, or select them in a database, then you go to cashier to pay and get the receipt, and then you go and get the items from a guy that doesn't deal with money. Don't you have such buerocracy? There were food supermarkets (универсамы) where you collected items into shopping carts and payed at the exit. In 1986 there were just enormous queues and deficit of everything due to reasons out of scope for now...
    - laacz 14y ago
      I believe, that a simple google search would do: https://www.google.com/search?q=life%20in%20ussr%20in%2060s https://www.google.com/search?q=life%20in%20ussr%20in%2060s
  - ios84dev 14y ago
    Why not?
lambda 14y ago
Or, the photos from Italy. Or the ones from Vietnam. Or the ones from Germany. Or Afghanistan. Or Algeria. Or the UK. Or Hong Kong. Or Cuba. Or Venezuela. Japan. Guatemala. South Africa. And the Mongolian one that you mention. So, OK, there was a bit of a focus on the US, and countries that the US was heavily involved in (like Vietnam and Cuba). But for you to claim that this is US centric except for the Mongolia photo is a bit unfair. And why would you expect something else from an American magazine? Of course it's going to be the world from a US perspective, as it's a view of the world from a US perspective.
- fedd 14y ago
  I didn't expect anything or complained or something. I proposed the title that I thought is more relevant, and did it in a sorta humorous way. This photostream is posted now, not in 1962, when people could live and think that there is the US, the Western allies, the third world with problems - and some grey parts of the world where nothing happens. We know now that 'Russians love their children too', do we?

The U.S. Centric View on the World in 1962. Except the Mongolian photo. How did it make there?

by fedd 14y ago

The U.S. Centric View on the World in 1962. Except the Mongolian photo. How did it make there?

I never understand this complaint. It's a US-based news source (The Atlantic) posted to a US-based news aggregator (HN). Why would you expect, or demand, it to not be US centric? You're more than welcome to post collections like this from non-US news sources on hacker news, if you wish.

ezequiel-garzon 14y ago
Why would you expect, or demand, it to not be US centric? I, for one, would not. But "The World" in the title seems unwarranted. Just as it does for many "World Series" that only apply to the US, even if everybody deems American teams of sport X to be clearly above the rest.
- mindrag 14y ago
  The best baseball players in the world play in the US, so it truly is a World Series, regardless of where the teams play.
  - canadiancreed 14y ago
    Well not all of them play in the US. http://toronto.bluejays.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=tor&sv=1 http://toronto.bluejays.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=tor&sv=1
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- fedd 14y ago
  Yes. In 1962, for example, the FIFA World Cup was held in Chile. And it was a really world scale event http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1962_FIFA_World_Cup http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1962_FIFA_World_Cup
fedd 14y ago
I agree with you except with that I am welcomed with some Eastern bloc POV :) I wont even try
- trimbo 14y ago
  I think everyone here would be super interested to see more pics/description of the Eastern bloc during that era. Post something cool!
  - DanBC 14y ago
    Yes! It would be fascinating. I went to Moscow and Leningrad in 1986. Just buying things - you queue to point at what you want and then you get a ticket. You take the ticket to a second queue, to pay for the item and get a receipt. You join a third queue with your receipt to collect the item. I'd love to read more about that time, especially from people who lived there.
    - fedd 14y ago
      I didn't live there that time, I am much younger. But as for receipts, we have this system till now at some stores, in car or computer parts stores, except that you write down item codes on a sheet of paper by yourself, or select them in a database, then you go to cashier to pay and get the receipt, and then you go and get the items from a guy that doesn't deal with money. Don't you have such buerocracy? There were food supermarkets (универсамы) where you collected items into shopping carts and payed at the exit. In 1986 there were just enormous queues and deficit of everything due to reasons out of scope for now...
  - laacz 14y ago
    I believe, that a simple google search would do: https://www.google.com/search?q=life%20in%20ussr%20in%2060s https://www.google.com/search?q=life%20in%20ussr%20in%2060s
- ios84dev 14y ago
  Why not?

lambda 14y ago

Or, the photos from Italy. Or the ones from Vietnam. Or the ones from Germany. Or Afghanistan. Or Algeria. Or the UK. Or Hong Kong. Or Cuba. Or Venezuela. Japan. Guatemala. South Africa. And the Mongolian one that you mention. So, OK, there was a bit of a focus on the US, and countries that the US was heavily involved in (like Vietnam and Cuba). But for you to claim that this is US centric except for the Mongolia photo is a bit unfair. And why would you expect something else from an American magazine? Of course it's going to be the world from a US perspective, as it's a view of the world from a US perspective.

fedd 14y ago
I didn't expect anything or complained or something. I proposed the title that I thought is more relevant, and did it in a sorta humorous way. This photostream is posted now, not in 1962, when people could live and think that there is the US, the Western allies, the third world with problems - and some grey parts of the world where nothing happens. We know now that 'Russians love their children too', do we?