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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I visited in 1984. I was sort of shocked to see that those propaganda paintings of workers were real. However, the graphics were not impressive compared to western advertising; naive looking and old fashioned to my eyes. I remember thinking that we probably did not need to fear them as much as we did then, in the sense that everything seemed so poor and the standard of living was low, or did they put all their money into weapons? They weren’t spending it on people’s lives. There were many disconcerting things. I was on a tour and felt like we were watched and also shown specific things to make an impression, but it was easy to observe others things around you. I felt uncomfortable the whole time. Ukraine was the nicest place I visited. When I flew back to London after the tour and rode in a taxi I was shocked by the colors all around, flags, bunting, ads. It felt so much more lively. I felt free and relieved. [/quote]

Congratulations, your impressions would fit right in at any museum of socialism :)[/quote]

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