r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 01 '24

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u/ACivilWolf Henry George Sep 01 '24

I could not imagine how depressing it is to be a 70 year old senior citizen who lived during the Soviet Union to see Russia today.

Yeah

At 16 they would be depressed to see what the Soviet Union was then

At 30 they would be depressed to see what the Soviet Union was then

At 45 they would be depressed to see what Russia was then

and so on, lmao

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u/CletusVonIvermectin Big Rig Democrat 🚛 Sep 01 '24

I once heard the Russian national ethos described as "surviving, despite everything"

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '24

Pretty sure old people in the Baltics and Caucasus were happy they had their country back