People just accepted the status quo back then

Fuck work, NEET utopia now

imagine the fuck they could cuase if they had internet

Like let's ignore Eastern Europe for a second and focus solely on Russia

oh wait

😦

Honestly the idea of a slave state for authoritarians where we can outsource cheap labour isn’t the worst ever

Sounds like China

Better than socialism 🤷‍♂️

After the USSR fell in 1991 you had an immense amount of formerly state owned factories go out of business

So a lot of people lost their jobs

That literally is China isn’t it

And it pretty much is the worst thing ever

A lot of people lost government mandated busy work.

These people also happen to make up the majority of the Russian boomer generation

Old factory workers who lost their jobs after the USSR fell

If you’re an authoritarian hmu and you can make me some new integrated circuits they’re only mildly toxic

They see the post-Soviet Era as an era of instability

Of economic downturn and corruption

Tbh this is best highlighted in that Pizza Hut commercial Gorbachev appeared in

In the commercial you have an old guy and another, younger one who is presumably his son, when they see Gorbachev enter the restaurant they start debating about his legacy

The older guy says "because of him, we have economic confusion, political instability, complete chaos" while the younger guy says "because of him we have opportunity, freedom, hope"

This gives great insight into what Russians think about the USSR

The older generations see the post-Soviet period as one of instability and chaos while the younger generations see it as one of opportunity and freedom

The beauty of authoritarians is once they give up their freedom you can do with them as you wish so long as you keep your interests in check in military and industry you can enslave millions and they’re in favour

https://youtu.be/fgm14D1jHUw

Like just watch this commercial, the conversation those 2 people have sums it all up pretty well

"Rash B" "Cyka blyat"

It's also funny af

Y'all ever join a tournament and the odds are so lopsided

It's not even funny

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8PMIuPgoTU

what tournament have you joined

are you a Japanese rugby fan

I like how i can recognise where the audio is from @Redxl

@lunemarie chess

The seeds

I'm 20th.