You aren’t the first person unable to translate Russian videos using subtitles; I suspect you are being restricted.
In that video, Platoshkin discussed various forms of socialism—specifically, socialism as it existed in China, the USSR, Yugoslavia, and similar places. I didn’t provide you with a full translation of that video; rather, I gave you a brief, bullet-point summary of Platoshkin’s views regarding China.
I did this so you would understand that I am not the only idealist out there—there are others, too. These are people who remember the USSR and, through the lens of their own subjective worldview, compare it with what is happening today. There are a great many such people here, Comrade. They are a diverse bunch—some smart, some foolish; some cheerful, some somber—but they are united by one thing: they were born in the USSR.
Nowadays in Russia, it has become fashionable to travel to North Korea—solely for the sake of experiencing the USSR once again. These people aren’t concerned with Marxist economics; they simply want to return to the USSR—which is precisely why they don’t go to China in search of that experience.
Moreover, North Korea is the only country that has stood up in Russia’s defense. In North Korea, Russians are held in high regard and are still considered friends to this day.
You made a very astute observation: for a Soviet person, a lack of “soul” is utterly unacceptable. That, Comrade, is a dogma.
I’m aware of the intense nostalgia faced by the post-soviet peoples. I myself would probably fall into despair seeing such a system ripped from under my feet. I know many in Russia travel to the DPRK as it more closely resembles the Soviet era, despite being its own unique form of juche socialism. However, as I stand outside of the post-soviet sphere, in a country founded on genocide and settler-colonialism that continued to prey upon the world, I also believe I can have a view of Chinese, Korean, and former Soviet socialism that recognizes them all as legitimate emancipatory efforts.
You aren’t the first person unable to translate Russian videos using subtitles; I suspect you are being restricted.
In that video, Platoshkin discussed various forms of socialism—specifically, socialism as it existed in China, the USSR, Yugoslavia, and similar places. I didn’t provide you with a full translation of that video; rather, I gave you a brief, bullet-point summary of Platoshkin’s views regarding China.
I did this so you would understand that I am not the only idealist out there—there are others, too. These are people who remember the USSR and, through the lens of their own subjective worldview, compare it with what is happening today. There are a great many such people here, Comrade. They are a diverse bunch—some smart, some foolish; some cheerful, some somber—but they are united by one thing: they were born in the USSR.
Nowadays in Russia, it has become fashionable to travel to North Korea—solely for the sake of experiencing the USSR once again. These people aren’t concerned with Marxist economics; they simply want to return to the USSR—which is precisely why they don’t go to China in search of that experience.
Moreover, North Korea is the only country that has stood up in Russia’s defense. In North Korea, Russians are held in high regard and are still considered friends to this day.
You made a very astute observation: for a Soviet person, a lack of “soul” is utterly unacceptable. That, Comrade, is a dogma.
I’m aware of the intense nostalgia faced by the post-soviet peoples. I myself would probably fall into despair seeing such a system ripped from under my feet. I know many in Russia travel to the DPRK as it more closely resembles the Soviet era, despite being its own unique form of juche socialism. However, as I stand outside of the post-soviet sphere, in a country founded on genocide and settler-colonialism that continued to prey upon the world, I also believe I can have a view of Chinese, Korean, and former Soviet socialism that recognizes them all as legitimate emancipatory efforts.