I’m interested in hearing about the personal experiences of living in the USSR without making it a political conversation. Rather, just what life was like, the good and the bad, from a nonjudgmental human perspective.
I’m interested in hearing about the personal experiences of living in the USSR without making it a political conversation. Rather, just what life was like, the good and the bad, from a nonjudgmental human perspective.
I think the punchline is that the people only followed the Soviet rules at a surface level.
doesnt even have to be soviet, basically worldwide. doesnt stop north koreans from watching South korean made content, doesnt stop americans from making or drinking alcohol during prohibition. Banning something that a lot of people do wont stop people from doing it, only from doing it publicly.
Yeah that was my read of it. I remember actually seeing people hopping onto the train even as it was starting to move out. It took those locomotives a long time to build up any significant speed, so I don’t think anyone was freaking out about getting cut in half or anything.
I’ve met a guy on a long-distance train once. He just jumped off at his village, with a bag on his shoulder, in the dark.
The train could only go slow because of a sharp turn. I was terrified. He was okay.