" most of us are not born into a wealthy life where we are free to pursue all of our desires and intellectual pursuits, with no financial boundaries. "
But Socialism gives a chance to build a communist society in the future where everybody will be able to do the above! The _intent_ of everything which was done during Soviet times was to satisfy everybody's basic needs. Yes, this system was not strong in giving fancy or fashionable things to those who wanted them and we had a very heavy burden of keeping up with USA in arms race. But there were no poor people and social lifts worked rather well. (Not like in America where generations of blacks have no practical way out)
In fact, there was some aberration in minds of young people at that time. Being protected and having all the basic rights - right to work, to have at least one month of paid vacations, right for free education and healthcare, they dreamed of fancy colourful things from the West, as I described in another comment.
So we got all these fancy things in market economy but lost (at least partly) the basic things we had.
Thanks God, not completely: russos. livejournal. com/1166153.html
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Date: 2014-12-04 04:01 pm (UTC)most of us are not born into a wealthy life where we are free to pursue all of our desires and intellectual pursuits, with no financial boundaries.
"
But Socialism gives a chance to build a communist society in the future where everybody will be able to do the above!
The _intent_ of everything which was done during Soviet times was to satisfy everybody's basic needs.
Yes, this system was not strong in giving fancy or fashionable things to those who wanted them and we had a very heavy burden of keeping up with USA in arms race.
But there were no poor people and social lifts worked rather well.
(Not like in America where generations of blacks have no practical way out)
In fact, there was some aberration in minds of young people at that time.
Being protected and having all the basic rights - right to work, to have at least one month of paid vacations, right for free education and healthcare, they dreamed of fancy colourful things from the West, as I described in another comment.
So we got all these fancy things in market economy but lost (at least partly) the basic things we had.
Thanks God, not completely:
russos. livejournal. com/1166153.html