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Actually, you can see how a soviet-dominated world would look today by looking at ex-communist and USSR-influenced countries - there's a distinct pattern of shi
by jotm 12y ago
Actually, you can see how a soviet-dominated world would look today by looking at ex-communist and USSR-influenced countries - there's a distinct pattern of shit buildings, bad organization, corruption, oppression and a pessimistic attitude that is most evident closer to Moscow (Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria) or their own capitals (Latvia, Poland, Slovakia) and fades slowly as you move away. Belarus, for example, is too far gone, it's still a soviet-style country with big problems that no one talks about (because no one cares as long as they stay in their place and shut up).
- igravious 12y agopfft... http://www.cracktwo.com/2011/04/25-abandoned-soviet-monuments-that-look.html http://www.cracktwo.com/2011/04/25-abandoned-soviet-monument...
- jotm 12y agoOh, yeah, they built some good art structures and buildings for the ones in power. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Motherland_Calls http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Motherland_Calls http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Motherland,_Kiev http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Motherland,_Kiev http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenin's_Mausoleum http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenin's_Mausoleum http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_the_Soviets http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_the_Soviets (not built) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_the_Parliament http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_the_Parliament Too bad they did not put that much creativity and thought into buildings for ordinary citizens.
- igravious 12y agoWow, thanks for those links. Though I knew of Lenin's mausoleum and Romania's mega Palace of the People. But that statue, The Motherland Calls, wow!