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[–] LearysFlyingSaucer@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

By "East Europeans" you of course mean your fellow fascists. The vast majority of post Soviet citizens disagree.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/14/unhappy-russians-nostalgic-for-soviet-style-rule-study

http://www.debatingeurope.eu/2015/02/03/have-living-standards-in-eastern-europe-decreased-after-communism/#.V5ZJ4DVc88q

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/the-big-question-why-is-stalin-still-popular-in-russia-despite-the-brutality-of-his-regime-827654.html

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-youth-idUSL2559010520070725?feedType=RSS&rpc=22&sp=true

http://www.gallup.com/poll/166538/former-soviet-countries-harm-breakup.aspx

http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/homesick-for-a-dictatorship-majority-of-eastern-germans-feel-life-better-under-communism-a-634122.html

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/06/29/in-russia-nostalgia-for-soviet-union-and-positive-feelings-about-stalin/

[–] mustkana@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Estonian here. Soviet period was very problematic, and if you claim here that criticism of communism is fascism, then you are greatly mistaken. The crimes of communism during the Soviet period are well documented. E.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_war_crimes To point out that many Russians are longing for communism is quite possible, but these are the same Russians who are currently "liberating" Ukraine.

[–] LearysFlyingSaucer@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

Yeah, not just Russians. Here's a bar graph since reading is a challenge for some people.