I agree; we are not all individuals. That’s a Thatcherite/Reaganite con, introduced as a part of their assault on the social fabric of their respective countries and constantly rehashed or reheated and served as something new such as Neoliberalism or ‘Trump/MAGA’ in order to keep us all at each other’s throats rather than organising against their parasitic capitalist agenda.
I never grew up during that era, but with the dozens of people that I have spoken to about it, most say that it was a different era, a more innocent time, especially during the Brezhnev era, long after Stalin.
I agree; we are not all individuals. That’s a Thatcherite/Reaganite con, introduced as a part of their assault on the social fabric of their respective countries and constantly rehashed or reheated and served as something new such as Neoliberalism or ‘Trump/MAGA’ in order to keep us all at each other’s throats rather than organising against their parasitic capitalist agenda.
My wife grew up in the former Soviet Union, and she has some of that nostalgia that you mentioned. It's understandable.
I never grew up during that era, but with the dozens of people that I have spoken to about it, most say that it was a different era, a more innocent time, especially during the Brezhnev era, long after Stalin.