- For today’s beleaguered left, it’s tempting to pine over the past. But the lives of two socialist intellectuals remind us that no one should be too nostalgic for the twentieth century.
The collapse of the Soviet Union didn't immediately result in a rise in post-Soviet Socialism. I'm sure for a while people were trying to figure out and debate what exactly what wrong, and how to correct that. Twenty years later though, is Russia really much better off? I took Russian Languange courses for a year and both of my Professors said they preferred living in Soviet times as opposed to post-Soviet times (even under Putin). Anyway, I think it is a good thing for socialism and communism to have had the Soviet Union collapse, as it allows for a progression of ideas and more forward-thinking.
I took Russian Languange courses for a year and both of my Professors said they preferred living in Soviet times as opposed to post-Soviet times
-You often hear the same thing from Iraqi's regarding the rule of Saddam. Just because we tie it up in a neat bow and call it progressive or "democracy" doesn't mean its the right thing at the right time. Hell isn't merely paved with good intentions; it's walled and roofed with them. Yes, and furnished too.
Aldous Huxley