Why I Left Utopia|5 Minute Videos
Konstantin Kisin matured in a progressive paradise. Childcare, health services, and college were complimentary. And why was he so excited to leave it?
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I grew up in a progressive paradise.
The space in between the haves and have-nots was virtually non-existent.
The literacy rate was almost 100%.
Healthcare was free and universal.
Nobody contested class, race, or faith.
Maternity leave was generous. Childcare was absolutely complimentary. There were no limitations on abortion.
So where was this paradise? No, it wasn’t Norway, Sweden, or Finland.
It was the Soviet Union.
Whatever I just described was true, and yet, life in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the USSR, was an ordeal.
Yes, income inequality hardly existed, nevertheless that was because of the truth that everybody was similarly bad. Excellent luck if you wanted an automobiles and truck.
They spent much of their time waiting in line for hours for food to feed their children. Non reusable diapers were unprecedented, as were vacuum.
Health care was complimentary– in theory. If you had impact, connections, and money to pay allurements, you could only get prompt and great treatment.
Everyone was informed, but there were strings linked: if you went to college, the federal government selected what your occupation would be and where you would live.
Racial and ethnic strife was limited, yes. But just because the federal government ruled by worry and worry, putting behind bars many people–” opponents of the state”– in a vast network of prisoner-of-war camp described as gulags.
These “enemies” included my great-grandparents, who satisfied in among these gulags. Every early morning, guards would randomly select 3 detainees and toss them into the icy waters of a surrounding lake, to drown in front of the whole camp.
New york city Times reporter Walter Duranty, a Stalin apologist, as quickly as wrote, “You can’t make an omelet without breaking eggs.”
In the Soviet Union, there were no omelets, simply damaged lives, damaged dreams, broken bodies.
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Konstantin Kisin matured in a progressive paradise. Childcare, health services, and college were complimentary. And why was he so eager to leave it?
Maternity leave was generous. Child care was complimentary.
And why was he so excited to leave it?
Maternity leave was generous. Child care was completely complimentary. Child care, health services, and college were totally free. And why was he so eager to leave it?
