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Important to understand that these are "absurdities" only when viewed from the angle of market economy and democratic society. For people living in Soviet Union
by divan 1y ago
Important to understand that these are "absurdities" only when viewed from the angle of market economy and democratic society. For people living in Soviet Union this was just a "state of the world".
Communist values (or lack of values) shaped the political and social systems in which people were born and raised.
First we shape systems, then systems shape us.
- bevr1337 1y agoThis was written and edited by folks who lived in the USSR, so we know that these people held complexity. More than "just..." Just is a great word. It alerts the author and reader that there's little substance in the claim. Just trust me!
- AnimalMuppet 1y agoPeople were shaped by the rules they lived under. That doesn't make the rules any less insane.
- divan 1y agoYes. What I was trying to say that people who live within those rules (and keep propagating/making them!) can't just live in the constant congitive dissonance state. They rationalize this state of the world, they tell stories (to themselves and to each other) to make sense of these rules, so it doesn't feel insane.
- obscurette 1y agoThey absolutely can live in the constant congitive dissonance state. I did 30 years of my life. Many of us did. I know it's hard to believe for people living all their life in the free world, but constant congitive dissonance was just part of the reality for us.
- justsomejew 1y agoWell, the very real absurdities and nightmare of your "way of life", you don't see them as well. What happens now in Gaza? Do you "see" it?
- throwaway3060 1y agoMany were aware of the absurdities. The issue is that when one is inundated with absurdities around them, identifying what is true is impossible.