It's funny. Our Russian roommate was reading the DUmmie comments over my shoulder. She got an attitude in a hurry. She's old enough to remember the "wonders" of communism.
She says that they should try spending a half day standing in line to buy a loaf of bread that costs a half weeks pay. Or they could try to complain and find themselves yanked out of line to go home and be hungry.
I too have known people who lived in the former Soviet Union. They have nothing good to say about it.