Do Russians want the USSR back?

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[channel]

This probably our last video before we'll get back to USSR.
It was nice experience, sorry for being dramatic 😂

Ummm.. Anyways, «‎What do Russians think now? 1 week in the war.»‎ — the next one.

[Kbcqw]

The old guy who said “then i was 30, now im 70” is spot on lol, he cant answer that question objectively and he knows it because of course he will have romanticized memories of when he was young.

[pchkcgn]

As a russian I can tell you that most of the population of the former USSR really have no idea about socialism/capitalism or left/right consepts though they all were taught marxism somehow. They just remember how they were young and had less problems. Actually there were many great things then like free summer camps or afterschool clubs for all soviet children so majority of the people born after 80s remember soviet union as a lost paradise.

[rinsimon]

You can really see the generational divide between people who lived during and people born after the USSR

[zalkkareita]

Notice how almost all the people who lived in the USSR said something positive about it and all the people who didn't live in the USSR didn't want it back

[icek]

I was most interested in the elderly who lived through it answers. The lady at the end who said "no because you don't remember it, thank God, and we do" really haunted me. It's strange because the guy before her praised the fact that you could travel to Crimea, everyone's experience is so different. No system of government is perfect and there will always be people who thrive or suffer.

[TheLEAX]

I'm from Slovakia and I see a repeating theme in some older people: they don't want the old regime, but they feel that life was better back then -- slower, less stressful, more of family meetings etc.

[KrazyKatPosse]

A really good book on this subject is Blackshirts & Reds by Michael Parenti. In it, he details the disastrous effects of the Soviet Union’s demise on people throughout Russia and some of Eastern Europe. The explosion of crime, homelessness, poverty, alcoholism, and war in 1990s Russia makes the years of stagnation during the Brezhnev era look like a walk in the park. It’s understandable why so many older Russians long for the days of the Soviet Union - because, to put it bluntly, life was simply better for them.

[ryanfinnerty]

To those rightly talking of the elders nostalgia, you must remember on the flip side a revisionist historical view, one that can be both wholly bad or wholly good and thus lack balance. The young adults in this video will have been taught a west-based history around the USSR - one that is quick to pin point it’s flaws and terror; yet blind to the many pros of discipline, health care, education, urban planning and housing stability.

[AAB]

This was really good. The "why" questions brings really good quality answers that let us know what the people there think. Thanks a lot! Great job!

[marvinduval]

As someone who deals with research in day to day work, I would really like these questionnaires to take place in various parts of the country. Not just Moscow and St. Petersburg etc.

[benjaminjeraj]

Its similar to asking balkan people if they want yugoslavia back and many want it back with same reasons as here. The brotherhood and unity

[dann]

As a 76 year old Russian, I would absolutely love to be able to go back to the olden times.

[chill_nrg]

i love the Russian people's sincerity and how the older folks blushed and how their expressions would light up when you asked them your question. Thanks once again for your video.

[bushy]

If you ask Americans if they want to go back 40+ years, they would also say yes. Nostalgia is a hell of a drug and your resistance to it decreases the older you get.

[TSelNiNO]

The Levada Centre polled Russians a few years ago above the age of 40 and if I remember correctly around 70% said life was better then mostly due to costs being low, job/housing security and people being kinder towards one and other due the government in stilling a sense of comradeship.

[gonzaloruz]

older people have a more developed opinion of why they agree or disagree. The younger ones can barely give a clear argument as to why they disagree or not, and their opinions are very similar, while the older ones who lived during the USSR have more diverse opinions. It seems that being born in a democracy is not enough to be a citizen with historical and critical thinking. Perhaps the educational system of each era can be a determining factor.

[filipmac]

You should have asked individuals from smaller poorer towns. The responses would have been quite different.

[richsmith]

I'm an American veteran, my friends and I have always had respect for the Russian people. They're a tough lot, been through hardships. In the army, we had no ill feelings towards the Soviets, it was just the political climate at the time. I'd love to visit someday.

[themeat]

It’s interesting to hear what people would give up just for the idea of safety and relative order.