zenta_brice

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zenta_brice3540 karma

YES! Of course! There must be something worth standing for.

And even if you didn't need whatever was on the sale you got it just in case to have an item for barter. At one moment we had 8 coffee grinders at home just in case.

(I also touch on small details like these in the book - consider checking it out)

zenta_brice1695 karma

Of course, nothing good was ever in USA. Life there was horrible struggle!

I answered this in another question though - it was difficult to accept that and we kept our idealistic view of what was there behind the curtain.

zenta_brice1613 karma

No, I def didn't like it.

  • firstly because grass is always greener on the other side of the fence

  • secondly - we had a lot illusions about Western life

  • thirdly - as a Latvian I saw Soviet Union as a political oppressor, an occupant.

zenta_brice1559 karma

Surprisingly, there were a lot of very good designs and packaging. The designs were often borderline art and it was clear a lot of pride went into them.

They usually were let down by outdated or misbehaving printing equipment, so on the shelves it might have looked pretty drab though.

zenta_brice1277 karma

Very happy and very thankful.

We need as much NATO presence as possible. It is the only realistic way to keep situation at bay.

Thanks to all the corps that agree to stay here.