The C-word
10 May 2014 02:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
matrixmannThe wider you turn West the more the only association to Communism seems to be the Soviet Union.
Smart mind wonders why since it was not the only country which proclaimed to follow this kind of system. Think of Cuba, think of the GDR, think of Venezuela in these days.
It also appears to happen that people closely link the matter of corruption to the system of Communism, rather than to Russia itself - because it was the way in the Soviet Union.
Further look would tell them that corruption is not a matter of a political system. The cronyism-society of current Western capitalistic system should be a good example to state that it's not filled with fairness too. Also it would tell them that corruption is a well-kept tradition on Russian territory, independently of who is the king now.
For the economy goes the same. It's not all about inefficiency and shortage, about being behind and living on a low standard. If you take the circumstances of the time into consideration, political isolation, economical isolation, putsches in fellow countries and many other aspects, you should get a different picture of the game. Including how the challanging economical circle worked its way out.
Additionally, before mocking take a look at your own system. Do you always get what you want? Do seller and manufacturers always offer you what you need?
What about the quality?
And - where do they take it from?
Considering all these questions makes the accusations and prejudices made to the C-word look less like they're fairly reasonable.
As it seems, it seems to be a question of knowledge. Do you know what you're talking about or do you repeat somebody's words without further investigation.
It's almost 70 years ago, but it seems like the Truman Doctrine still serves its purposes.
Even for those ones who weren't there or even know who he was.
Smart mind wonders why since it was not the only country which proclaimed to follow this kind of system. Think of Cuba, think of the GDR, think of Venezuela in these days.
It also appears to happen that people closely link the matter of corruption to the system of Communism, rather than to Russia itself - because it was the way in the Soviet Union.
Further look would tell them that corruption is not a matter of a political system. The cronyism-society of current Western capitalistic system should be a good example to state that it's not filled with fairness too. Also it would tell them that corruption is a well-kept tradition on Russian territory, independently of who is the king now.
For the economy goes the same. It's not all about inefficiency and shortage, about being behind and living on a low standard. If you take the circumstances of the time into consideration, political isolation, economical isolation, putsches in fellow countries and many other aspects, you should get a different picture of the game. Including how the challanging economical circle worked its way out.
Additionally, before mocking take a look at your own system. Do you always get what you want? Do seller and manufacturers always offer you what you need?
What about the quality?
And - where do they take it from?
Considering all these questions makes the accusations and prejudices made to the C-word look less like they're fairly reasonable.
As it seems, it seems to be a question of knowledge. Do you know what you're talking about or do you repeat somebody's words without further investigation.
It's almost 70 years ago, but it seems like the Truman Doctrine still serves its purposes.
Even for those ones who weren't there or even know who he was.
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Date: 3 June 2014 07:44 pm (UTC)I find that most of them are not aware of how things concretely work at all in their country. They're just downright helpless.
But that's nothing typically of being German; you sure are going to find that the majority of citizens in other countries are the same.
It would be helpful to understand my first language.
I write a lot of more specific stuff about German processes in my native tongue.
Just saying.