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I can't even begin to fathom how ignorant you sound.

So to understand you correctly, you are saying that the only people who can describe a given country's identity are citizens of that country? So you are rejecting the entire disciplines of sociology, anthropology, much of political science, much of history, etc. unless those researchers come from the countries they are analyzing.

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So you don't find it in the slightest bit interesting that out of the three pages of recommendation, NOT A SINGLE BOOK by a Russian author was mentioned?

Bigotry.[/quote]

Most of those books aren’t translated into English, nitwit! Moreover, many books by Russian authors HAVE been mentioned—mostly classic literature.

But here’s a non-fiction one: Violent Entrepreneurs by Vadim Volkov.

My problem is that you seem to think only the people in a given country can describe themselves, which is just patently stupid and would mean basically shutting down 98% of social sciences departments. Are you essentially advocating for that? [/quote]
Not the PP you are addressing. I agree with you completely. To add to your point, I think that English-speaking and American authors that have been to Russia and wrote about it (like Hedrick Smith whom I read and agree with) can describe it from a perspective important to the English-speaking readers. Hedrick Smith wrote about lack of freedom, how the Soviet people were afraid to interact with him because they did not want to get in trouble with the government. Hedrick Smith also criticized the Soviet Education system, the lack of respect for human dignity. Many Russian people still have the Soviet mentality and will think nothing of those details. Hedrick Smith also mentioned how many Russians venerated Stalin saying when he was around, they had more order, he was shocked how many Russians longed for the dictator, to be ruled by the iron fist.[/quote]

Yep. Polls show a majority of Russians have at least a neutral opinion of Stalin. [b]That’s due to propaganda in their education system.[/b] As a result, are we to believe Russians when they say things like “Stalin did what he had to do” (which Russians personally told me when I lived there)?

Here’s a link to the Levada poll I was referencing. Sorry that it’s only in Russian. https://www.levada.ru/2019/04/16/uroven-odobreniya-stalina-rossiyanami-pobil-istoricheskij-rekord/[/quote]

No it isn't.[/quote]

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