Russians had 75 to 80 years to get that socialist thingee right.
It took them that long, and lots and lots of dead Rooskies, to finally understand that it doesn’t work worth diddly.
In that respect, they are far and away ahead of the morons in this country.
If I were a way younger guy, I’d probably try to learn the language and see if a fortune could be made there. I hear some young Americans are doing just that.
At least I wouldn’t have a bunch of intolerant queers telling me I have to violate my religion to accommodate their perverse lifestyle.
This from a for real cold war guy. How things have changed.
I have two (much younger) former students who have done just that. Love it, its cleaner, the street crime is a lot less, the weirdoes are keep pretty much at bay and the “chicks are hot” as they both said. If you are productive and normal you pretty much have it made. Hell one even belongs to a really cool gun club owned by some former soldiers that not only lets them bring their own weapons but has some Russian play toys to fire...
If you would be born in the Soviet Union like me, can speak and read Russian newspapers like me, you wouldn’t post this. You have no idea how bad is for regular folks in Russia today. I’m not talking about 0.001% of the oligarchs but about middle class people. It takes an immigrant like me to appreciate the life in US. Yes, we have a big problem in our country and you know why? Many people are naive, stupid, vote for imbeciles and most important, blame someone else for their problem.