i grew up in the soviet union too. даже если мы согласны с тем что коммунизм не был идеальным это не значит что берёзки доказывают это. so my point still stands.
The most strenuous, impassioned diatribes against the Soviet system come from older people, and from the non-Russian satellite soviet states.
Understatement of the century, quite literally.
like you're sitting here glibly dismissing something that's more nuanced than either yours or my hottake. what are you trying to accomplish?
edit: also how come you translated mine but not yours? and also why didn't you translate all the way?
>даже если мы согласны с тем что коммунизм не был идеальным это не значит что берёзки доказывают это
translation: even if we agree that communism wasn't ideal that doesn't mean beriozkas prove it.
Some countries put border with barb wires, walls, armed guards, etc. to keep people out. Other countries did that to keep people in.
The fact remains that migration flows tell us where people actually want to live.
Hell, Australia in the 1890s was richer than most of the world in the 1950s