I have a dear Russian friend whose mother was born in the seige and stayed. She moved to US to get away in the 90s and the rest of her siblings left for other countries. Parents still there, including the mother born in Leningrad. The transition to democratic capitalism just went poorly and they have never, ever been liberal.
I have a dear Russian friend whose mother was born in the seige and stayed. She moved to US to get away in the 90s and the rest of her siblings left for other countries. Parents still there, including the mother born in Leningrad. The transition to democratic capitalism just went poorly and they have never, ever been liberal.
sure, the system collapsed as is the western system today. and it was extraordinarily painful and the USG and its stinking allies in Europe moved in to create the oligarchs who served our purposes, and when Putin threw the bums and the west out where they belong, to their own territory, then the fury grew against Russia. The history stands. You won't change it with your alternative history.
It did collapse. Aside from the gulags under Stalin, it wasn't a terrible place to live and I don't completely understand why it broke down but it clearly was. I think the West is doing o.k. US positively well but we've got advantages Western Europe doesn't have.
I have a dear Russian friend whose mother was born in the seige and stayed. She moved to US to get away in the 90s and the rest of her siblings left for other countries. Parents still there, including the mother born in Leningrad. The transition to democratic capitalism just went poorly and they have never, ever been liberal.
sure, the system collapsed as is the western system today. and it was extraordinarily painful and the USG and its stinking allies in Europe moved in to create the oligarchs who served our purposes, and when Putin threw the bums and the west out where they belong, to their own territory, then the fury grew against Russia. The history stands. You won't change it with your alternative history.
It did collapse. Aside from the gulags under Stalin, it wasn't a terrible place to live and I don't completely understand why it broke down but it clearly was. I think the West is doing o.k. US positively well but we've got advantages Western Europe doesn't have.