- deadgoon
- Dec 4, 2014
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by FactsAreUseless
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im not reading anything without spaceships robots wizards or ghosts
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- deadgoon
- Dec 4, 2014
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by FactsAreUseless
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An Eternal State
“It had never even occurred to me that in the Soviet Union anything could ever change. Let alone that it could disappear. No one expected it. Neither children, nor adults. There was a complete impression that everything was forever.” So spoke Andrei Makarevich, the famous songwriter and musician, in a televised interview (1994). In his published memoirs, Makarevich later remembered that he, like millions of Soviet citizens, had always felt that he lived in an eternal state (vechnoe gosudarstvo) (2002, 14). It was not until around 1986 and 1987, when reforms of perestroika (reconstruction) were already afoot, that the possibility of the socialist system not lasting forever even entered his mind. Many others have described a similar experience of the profound feeling of the Soviet system’s permanence and immutability, and the complete unexpectedness of its collapse. And yet, Makarevich and many Soviet people also quickly discovered another peculiar fact: despite the seeming abruptness of the collapse, they found themselves prepared for it. A peculiar paradox became apparent in those years: although the system’s collapse had been unimaginable before it began, it appeared unsurprising when it happened.
When the policies of perestroika and glasnost’ (openness, public discussion) were introduced in 1985, most people did not anticipate that any radical changes would follow. These campaigns were thought to be no different from the endless state-orchestrated campaigns before them: campaigns that came and went, while life went on as usual. However, within a year or two the realization that something unimaginable was taking place began to dawn on the Soviet people. Many speak of having experienced a sudden “break of consciousness” (perelom soznania) and “stunning shock” (sil’neishii shok) quickly followed by excitement and readiness to participate in the transformation. Although different people experienced that moment differently, the type of experience they describe is similar, and many remember it vividly.
that sounds really sad idk if i can handle that book
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Apr 22, 2017 21:33
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- deadgoon
- Dec 4, 2014
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by FactsAreUseless
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i miss uncle joe
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Apr 22, 2017 21:34
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- deadgoon
- Dec 4, 2014
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pretending that all the communisty poo poo is meaningless and using the system to chillax with friends is my kind of fully automated space communism
isnt that how the DSA works
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May 4, 2017 10:53
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- deadgoon
- Dec 4, 2014
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by FactsAreUseless
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how every great Cause works after the initial revolutionary fervor burns out: the common people think, "i'm just a normal person loving around having fun, it's the Party members who are super serious about this poo poo", and the elites think, "i'm just a normal person loving around having fun, it's the People who are super serious about this poo poo"
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