Life in the USSR 1947

**Slavic Italian** · 03-04-2019, 03:41 PM

Originally Posted by Teutone

This is part of your psycholical issues, you think everyone that is critical towards totalitarian systems and countries is just bitter, we saw it with China.

Any sane human being rejects communism and systems that killed millions of people, no matter where the person is from.

You need psychological help before you start telling us the same stories of your army days.

Says the guy whose nation has a history of embracing dictators. You people can't even think for yourselves. You embrace any strongman that comes out of nowhere.

**Teutone** · 03-04-2019, 03:43 PM

Originally Posted by Slavic Italian

Says the guy whose nation has a history of embracing dictators. You people can't even think for yourselves. You embrace any strongman that comes out of nowhere.

I am a individual that is capable of admitting and rejecting bad parts of my nations history. I am quite sure I can think for myself pretty well, while you are the one getting influenced by a 1947 propaganda clip.

**~~Kamal900~~** · 03-04-2019, 03:44 PM

Life wasn't good under communism..

**Slavic Italian** · 03-04-2019, 03:45 PM

Originally Posted by Teutone

I am a individual that is capable of admitting and rejecting bad parts of my nations history. I am quite sure I can think for myself pretty well, while you are the one getting influenced by a 1947 propaganda clip.

You like to put words in peoples' mouths don't you kraut? No enough common sense to even comprehend what you read.

**Teutone** · 03-04-2019, 03:46 PM

Originally Posted by Slavic Italian

You like to put words in peoples' mouths don't you kraut? No enough common sense to even comprehend what you read.

I see you get offended over a guy factually showing you what was so bad about the USSR and communism, overall you appear to be heavily emotionally involved.

**Slavic Italian** · 03-04-2019, 03:47 PM

Since few are capable of having rational discussion here it provides me with the perfect opportunity to close this account and find more productive things to do.

**Teutone** · 03-04-2019, 03:49 PM

You are totally rational insulting me as moron, send me insults as reps and tell another user "you wont say that to me irl"

**~~ixulescu~~** · 03-04-2019, 03:55 PM

@SlavicItalian
Let's not forget that the people living the areas around the Kremlin (shown in the clip) were the top level apparatchiks and their families. You can clearly see that the apartment buildings shown in the movie were built to a much higher standard than the average commie block. In the clip you can even see convertibles driven there. How many convertible cars do you think Soviets were building in 1947?

Besides, I'm not convinced that all the images are from 1947. The streets are filled with Pobedas, but that car just started volume production that year.

**~~Moje ime~~** · 03-04-2019, 03:58 PM

Interesting video, especially that it is in color.

I believe those years after WW2 were years of happiness and prosperity for ordinary people who didn't have problems with government. That's how it was in Yugoslavia.

**~~ixulescu~~** · 03-04-2019, 04:04 PM

Originally Posted by Moje ime

I believe those years after WW2 were years of happiness and prosperity for ordinary people who didn't have problems with government. That's how it was in Yugoslavia.

The years right after ww2 were horrible, with widespread famine everywhere but the US, plus political persecution in the East.

"Ordinary people who didn't have problems with the government" were not many in the East, maybe about 10% of the population, meaning the working class living in the cities. Everyone else was a target, in particular the intellectuals and the farmers.