Nope, you missed completely.Originally Posted by mishau_
My father worked (and works) as translator from German and English. In these times, he worked in ЦБНТИ (Central Bureau of Scientific and Technical Information) and translated technical articles in various magazines.
My mother worked in one of the GLAVK's of Minmedprom, on some insignificant post.
Neighter of my parent was even a Party member.
Do you want to say, what I.A. Hint is an engineer, who actually invented something? He was director and administrator of constructor bureau, and was sentenced to prison for purely economic affairs.Originally Posted by mishau_
BTW, do you know, who was one of the main inspirators of this doubtful criminal case? It was Telman Gdlyan, the future hero of Perestroyka and fighter with the totalitarian system.
Who-who?Originally Posted by mishau_
Yes, it was a serious social stratum -- a clinical idiots, considering everything western-produced to be better. Even Edichka Limonov ironised in some of this novel about some soviet-breed idiots, who detested Soviet-made 100% cotton shirts and preferred western-msde synthetic ones. (And when he emigrated to USA, he discovered, what values are slighttly different there -- pure cotton shirts are worn by millionaires, and synthetic -- by young bandits in negro ghettos. )Originally Posted by mishau_
The same is true for aspirin, which is just an acetil-salicilic acid and is absolutely identical, regardless of where it is produced.
And idiots, even if they are numerous, remain an idiots.
You did not understand me -- I'm talking about most of the modern political leaders, including ones from the West. (I guess, the later ones never were members of CPSU ).Originally Posted by mishau_
So, you are working now, or *was* working? I have absolutely no illusions about the modern politicians -- but I guess we were discussing the situation of the past, not the present times.Originally Posted by mishau_
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I'm astonished. Didn't you really know, what RL ("Radio Liberty") is 100% controlled by USA state dept.? Of course, it is an instrument of propaganda (and not vaguely "western" -- but, specifically, US officious). Denying this is kinda like deny the "Pravda" was an official paper of CPSU.Originally Posted by mishau_
(And, personally, I'm not surprised, what "Radio Liberty" shares lots of your views. I expected something like this. )
>>For example, due to their efforts USSR became the first country in space
The leading scientists and engineers (like Korolev) had exactly everything, what the higher Party functioners had. BTW, this was quite a modest life level by modern standarts.Originally Posted by mishau_
*Which* "state" you're talking about? Soviet Union ceased to exist 5 years after Chernobyl disaster. In Russia Chernobyl "liquidators" have some social priveleges. I have no idea about situation in modern Ukraine and Belorussia (for which the leaders of these countries are responsible).Originally Posted by mishau_