Comments by "BVargas78" (@BVargas78) on "USHANKA SHOW" channel.

  1. I think Krushchev had good intentions overall but he wasn't the smartest cookie in the pack (not to say he was stupid, he wasn't). It led to big dreams and ill conceived policies but compared to Mao his failed/flawed projects were victories.
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  2. I heard that while Lenin didn't support it, he didn't oppose it either. That he kind of considered it a non issue, in that what consenting adults do in the bedroom should not be the governments business.
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  3. Interesting video, but i couldn't help but notice a strange panting sound in the background? Did you have someone running a treadmill beside you? :)
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  4. I think to modern people, particularly western first world people those regimented vacations would rightfully seem quite horrible. But to someone who had never even heard of vacation and grew up in a world where prior to that, you just worked until you dropped, even a regimented vacation must have been a welcome break.
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  5. The soviet union squandered fortunes on foreign wars and misadventures and trying to prop up third world communist or socialist allies. Imagine if that money wasnt used in those doomed ventures? And was invested in the peoples quality of life?
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  6. Soviets had many resources to throw overseas and to other countries, in failed cold war conflicts, but not enough to spend on its own people. A shame.
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  7. I think the founding of Israel post world war 2 was more of a factor. Especially when it became apparent that Israel would be a western capitalist ally and not a soviet ally.
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  8. I think it's two reasons that they wanted to hide handicapped people. Firstly I think it's partly a throwback to Stalinist times. In Stalinist art and propaganda they tended to look to portray Soviet workers as the fittest and strongest people of the world and this mindset continued, perhaps to a lesser extent but it was still there in the 60's and 70's. Disabled people would not be compatible with that image. Secondly, I think the Soviets had an awareness that the way they treated their disabled was not great. And were afraid that westerners would start calling them out so they went by the 'out of sight out of mind' approach. Not good and I also think it was foolish because even from a more cold and calculating point of view, treating the disabled well could have been a very cost effective propaganda for the cold war to improve the image of the country in the eyes of westerners and the world as a whole.
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  9. In the UK the english equivalent of gopniks are called chavs. And they started to appear around the late 90's as well.
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  10. Yeah if i had a choice i'd rather live in 1970's soviet Turkmenistan or Tajikstan than 1970's Pakistan or Bangladesh. Maybe i'd be able to actually see a dentist if I had a tooth ache! Or go to a hospital if I were injured at work. That said, knowing my luck i'd probably be conscripted and sent to guard a remote outpost in Afghanistan which would end up being my grave!
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  11. Sadly spaying cats wasn't even an option to people then.
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  12. It's also because they typically only slaughtered the cows once they were old and no longer able to rear new cattle and stopped producing milk.
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  13. Quite the set! A bit of history to pass on to your kids!
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  14. A bit of both, the facility no doubt existed and helped people, and also showed the image that Stalin wanted to present to the world. While at the same time, the forced collectivization of agriculture project which was going to lead to the holodomor was militantly underway in the countryside.
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  15. Sounds like the Soviets were trying to outdo Apocalypse Now with this one. That film also had a cow (water buffalo) being slaughtered and even acquired human bodies to use in some scenes but apparently they weren't actually used when it was discovered they weren't acquired legally (it was a graverobber). The bodies hanging from one of the camps sure looked dead to me though!
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  16.  @NorceCodine  The people may not have had it but the soviet government had access to large reserves of western currencies. That they mostly made from selling minerals and fuel resources. Also weapons sales. They could even get access to hard currency loans with interest when relations were in thaw. This money was often used to plug the gaps in shortfalls of the planned economy. Bad grain production? Buy it. Soviet produced technical components for the prestige project not up to required quality standard? Buy it. Things like cold war operations as well as the space project would eat into these reserves a lot. As well as official corruption. Billions was spent in fighting the cold war by proxy and in development aid for fledgling allies and warsaw pact states. Very little if any at all of this money would go to projects that could have improved the quality of life for common people.
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  17. Housing rent was probably lower though, but on the flip side it also tended to be lower in the west too back then.
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  18. They're a little part of history now! In a hundred years authentic ones might be worth something!
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  19. I like balds videos, he can be a fun guy with an adventurous spirit. He likes to explore places that are 'off the beaten path' were regular tourists do not go, though it can sometimes put him in harms way. Like when he got ill from covid, and almost wandered into a dangerous village in Bolivia that seemed to be owned by cartels. I suppose it could seem condescending or even irresponsible buying alcohol for some of the people he meets and hangs out with in some videos. Some of whom have obvious drinking problems but I don't think it comes from a sense of malice, i think he enjoys the carefree attitudes in such environments. Maybe i'm looking into it too deeply but my theory is that B&B has a history, as implied by the bankrupt part of his name, he probably went through a stressful chapter losing all his money and house etc. And travelling may have been a way to leave all his problems behind and try to enjoy life again but it turned into a successful channel.
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  20.  @noricardas1  Pripyat was actually a nice little town, and a fairly new town at the time of the disaster (in terms of constructions built in the 70's as opposed to right after ww2) so it's actually accurate in that regard.
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  21. haha
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  22. Hi Sergei, interesting video but a question, did disabled people in Soviet Union receive an income in the form of social benefit or were they completely reliant on family and friends for financial support?
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  23.  @UshankaShow  It must have been hard. Especially seeing that many soviet people had to live in blocks of flats. Thanks for response!
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  24. What a terrible life. But your success would have given him great joy were he alive to see it.
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  25.  @galimir  It was a silly thought to be honest, that sprung to mind in the moment. Come and See was just an attempt to portray the horror of war. Apocalpyse Now was it's own thing.
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  26. I think cheaper rent through not for profit social housing is more beneficial to society. Rent tends to be the highest expense for poorer workers and through not for profit rents, the worker would have more money left over in their pocket at the end of the month. And we don't hurt businesses. The only loser would be those getting rich from charging exorbitant rents and getting fat wallets from the the most basic of needs, of the least well off working people. Where we to make more social housing they would probably have to eventually lower their rent in order to remain competitive. Otherwise if we keep raising the minimum wage to really high levels it could just end up with those landlords thinking, 'oh so they have more money now? I'll just raise my rent then!' and society loses. Both the tenants, and the businesses that have to pay those increased wages.
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  27. Hehe that's ok :)
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