Russian elders describe their life in the USSR

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[statepotcovaru]

I live in Romania.. also a ex-comunnist country, and the elders from here say exactly the same things like russian elders

[calleywang]

"let me tell you how horrible communism is, I grew up in the soviet union" - born in 1994

[deiniranurzatkyzy]

Im from Kyrgyzstan, ex soviet country. I also hear the same thing from elders. And when I saw old pictures I was so surprised how neat, intelligent and elegant they all looked. When you listen to older people often time I feel they are more educated compared to nowadays young people. The same with talents, there are more highly professional talents back in history than what we have now. Once in a time my parents talk about this period of their life with a smile on their face. They were actually living in present, not worrying about future. No ambitions, no rush. People were also kinder cause they didn’t have anything to be jealous of or to be compared for. They were friends for who you are not for what you have. They had few pairs of clothes but they were always neat. This was a proper “sustainability” in terms of product consumption. I also often hear that they used to read a lot and spend a lot of time with people having fun. The education, healthcare and all the institutions worked perfectly, with no corruption. The only negative things I heard is that they had money, but they couldn’t buy much. The history and media was manipulated. Limited freedom and a bit strict system, but I guess it’s not also that easy to sustain such a huge territory with many different nations under control. In general people had a good life, maybe better than now.

[Mark-zkgu]

Marx said capitalism leads to worker alienation.

My parents lived under a Marxist Leninist state, and one of the most interesting things I hear about is how much solidarity there was with not just your family, but your community. Nowadays we get up go to work, come back and lock our doors. Maybe we say hi to one neighbor every once in a while. we've become so alienated from our communities thanks to neoliberalism.

[akarina]

"We weren't able to buy anything, we had money. Now we have everything but we don't have the money." - this describes the situation so well.
Edit: 683 likes... Wow

[buckplug]

"I'm a little drunk today, because I don't want to see what's going on". The Slavic life in a nutshell.

[franksmith]

You realise how much Amercian media influences you when most of the people in this video liked living in the USSR but you were told it was horrendous

[stefanh.]

When the blonde lady with the glasses started talking about the soviet union I swear she suddenly was 19 years old again.

[OpenHeartSmile]

“american communists need to listen to people who lived in the USSR”

people who lived in the USSR:

[dearcomrqde]

06:27 when that man said that he’s a bit drunk because he doesn’t want to see what’s going on in his own country my heart shattered💔feel him

[lia]

You can see the nostalgia in their eyes..

[ianmcshea]

American definition of freedom: the ability to endlessly consume and hoard a bunch of useless, toxic garbage.

[purple.requiem]

I am from Kazakhstan, my elders also say the exactly the same thing as the Russian elders said in the video.

[dilshadimon]

only person who gave unreservedly negative feedback was a person who probably never lived in the Soviet Union

[earlward]

First man in space. You can't argue with results.

[BeefyWalrus]

As an american, if the USSR wasn't socially conservative, I would totally rather live there than here. I will be expecting a visit from the CIA at some point this week after posting this.

[Murlos]

1:22 I have doubts that this teenager lived in the Soviet Union

[pilarcouto]

I would give up cool jeans for a free apartment, free college, job security and for a universal healthcare

[nbbmsih]

I am glad and proud that I lived in the USSR, I saw the best system made for a common man, not an elite.