A 2013 Gallup survey showed that 66% of Armenians thought the dissolution of the USSR was harmful

In a 2016 survey, 69% of Azerbaijanis believed life was better under the USSR.

In a 2016 survey, it increased to 53% of Belarusians saying life was better under the USSR

Another Pew survey, also in 2017, showed that 43% of Georgians thought the dissolution was a good thing, compared to 42% who thought it was a bad thing.

In a 2016 survey, around 60% of Kazakhs above the age of 35 believed life was better under the USSR.

A 2013 Gallup survey showed that 61% of Kyrgyz thought the dissolution of the USSR was harmful, compared to 16% who thought it was beneficial.

A 2013 Gallup survey showed that 42% of Moldovans thought the dissolution of the USSR was harmful, compared to 26% who thought it was beneficial.[7] Regret about dissolution later increased to 70% according to a 2017 Pew survey, with only 18% saying the dissolution was a good thing.

Levada polling since the mid-1990s on the preferred political and economic system of Russians also shows nostalgia for the Soviet Union, with the most recent polling in 2021 showing 49% preferring the Soviet political system, compared to 18% preferring the current system, and 16% preferring Western democracy, as well as 62% saying they preferred a system of economic planning compared to 24% preferring a market capitalist economy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nostalgia_for_the_Soviet_Union

Further, let’s look at the actual referendum:

Do you consider it necessary to preserve the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics as a renewed federation of equal sovereign republics, in which the rights and freedoms of a person of any nationality will be fully guaranteed?

Yes - 77.8%

Because whitewashing fascism is supporting it and I’m tired

[https://lemmy.ml/post/39531321/22458346](Dis u?)

we don’t have capitalism. But fuck any ism, just find the broken shit and fix it.

On a crusade against whitewashing and fascism, yet cannot confront capitalism…

So… why didnt you just say “I fear this is just a front to instill reactionary patriotism for the greater purpose of ushering in American fascism - akin to the Hitler youth”

And instead smugly claimed I was ushering in fascism??

It’s a fair point, and I’d have conceded it to you…

the ballroom is just an upgrade for the people, and the illegals dying in detention, aren’t dying because they were detained

Wat… when did I say any of that…

You think it’s actually going to be executed perfectly like that under this administration?

Maybe not, but I never said it had to be executed perfectly. In fact it’s probably fair to say the first one might be a little clunky.

Until it’s revealed that the participants will be killing each other, the Hunger Games comparison is a funny gag, but I dont see how it seriously applies.

Feel free to correct me…

Everyone I know has been roasting the patriot games, but… it sounds sort of fun??? Given how bad Americans are at exercise, socialization, and community, some sporting events might be fun and good?

Like, I could see this being an absolute dream for high-achieving student athletes.

However, this is all tempered by the fact that the announcement itself was steeped in transphobia. If that weren’t the case, Id be less skeptical.