There’re different reasons you can yearn for something tho. What you seek in yearning for it. A stable job for example (and an educational path that guarantees employability). Universally accessible housing. Targeted addressing of local problems, like quick relief efforts after a disaster etc...
As for freedom of the press, you only have one now if you colour within the lines. Just ask Julian Assange.
You have to remember the Soviet parliament was democratically elected by the people and popular after the dissolution too. It had to be literally firebombed out of existence by a U.S puppet.
yogthos@lemmy.ml 2 years ago
It's pretty significant when you look at what happened to things like quality of life and life expectancy in the vast majority of former USSR republics. For example, mortality among Russian men rose by 60% since 1991, four to five times higher than in Europe. Guess what happened in the 90s to cause this.