tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8815887911092676043.post6956039118666892139..comments2023-09-03T02:30:01.973-06:00Comments on Two, and three.: This is what I be doing.Dammerunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02314741182179848942noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8815887911092676043.post-5695207849416891602010-08-26T06:21:56.302-06:002010-08-26T06:21:56.302-06:00Right on-that's pretty much what I've gath...Right on-that's pretty much what I've gathered from my readings thus far. It's hard to see it that way from our point of view-we tend to look backwards-but Communism was a step up for many people in Russia.Wulfanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8815887911092676043.post-27454458112101545242010-08-26T04:46:40.929-06:002010-08-26T04:46:40.929-06:00Communism itself is inherently flawed, but a lot o...Communism itself is inherently flawed, but a lot of Russians were better off under Communism than they were under the Czar. Under the Czar most Russians made a subsistence living, if they were lucky, and they were being slaughtered in droves in the trenches of WWI. The Communists took Russia from a primitive feudal society to a modern industrialized nation in a few years. There was a heavy price to pay for sure, especially when Stalin took over, but life under the Czar wasn't good either.scotthttp://leaflitter.squarespace.com/noreply@blogger.com