'it-ogo' - yes I try to tell people here that soviet russia was never truly communist but was rather socialist, but they have none of it lol: I find that the thought of marx has nothing really to do with soviet russia, maybe the revolution, but not in soviet policy, it was mainly an excuse. It is interesting that you should say that it 'was neither good nor bad. It just was.', a very good way of putting it. That last coment about communists being conservative is very true and not something which many people would even think of.