@olmitch @pyrate i have blood memory of my family living just fine in the soviet union, just like how my further ancestors lived just fine in the imperial times
i think one thing that people misattribute to the soviet union is how the non russian states ended up suffering because of the system, but as far as i'm aware despite the centralisation, there was still a hefty amount of autonomity, so i guess it's no surprise when baltic higher ups are incompetent because they're baltics