Originally posted by MrRiplEy[H]
Weird Boroda I could swear that I frequently read news about breadlines in soviet russia - and I was born in the early 70's. Or maybe that was just propaganda? Maybe Soviet time was really how you see it:
There was no government level corruption, industrial productivity was 100% and the state had plenty of money. People were happily singing party approved songs even after they were being ratted by family members and sent to gulags.
I guess people had everything so great during soviet regime that they got so fed up with having no problems that they started a revolution. There was no government level corruption, industrial productivity was 100% and the state had plenty of money.
Then, after the revolution, capitalists quickly destroyed all the jobs, ruined the economy AND polluted 90% of inhabited soil in a couple weeks. Correct me where I'm wrong Boroda.
Well, it's again not that easy.
We had many good things in Soviet times. Unfortunately - the "revolution" (that in fact was nothing but treason and spreading enemy propaganda on our own expense) was a result of complete misunderstanding of so-called "capitalism" by 90% of the population. I was among that happy idiots who traded free medical treatment for chewing-gum and coca-cola.
USSR simply couldn't afford arms race with a nation that didn't see war for 150 years. It is obvious that planned economy is much more efficient then "free market", I said that USSR reached pre-war level in two years. If we didn't have to take part in arms race - we could live much better then any nation on Earth.
About "gulags" - well, every state fights it's enemies, and people who were in prison for political crimes in the 70s should better be kept there - they are still enemies of Russia.
Another thing that you have to understand: noone except Russians needs strong prospering Russia. US don't need a "free and democratic" Russia, it needs it weak and starving. So it goes. Alexander III, the only Emperor that didn't wage wars, said: "Russia has only two allies: it's Army and Navy".