Comments by "Andy Hughes" (@andyhughes1776) on "Путешествие с Расселом"
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My, how things have flipped.
In 1975, Soviet fighter Pilot Viktor Belenko defected from Russia in his Top Secret MiG-25 to seek asylum in the U.S.
After he settled in America, U.S. government agents took him to a Mall to buy clothes.
The Mall was so clean and had so much variety of clothes, he thought it was staged.
"Surely, America can't be that nice!"
Under Soviet rule, Russia was very poor and there was no such thing as a Mall with clothes freely displayed for consumers to choose.
Fast forward 50 years and this Russian Mall looks staged.
Surely, Russia can't be that nice!
Meanwhile, American Malls are dying and if not, there are so much smash and grab robberies, stores have to lock up products now - kind of like Russia under Soviet rule in 1975.
The world has turned upside down!
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