I grew up in the USSR. And then early Russia (the country was recovering from the USSR wreckage, even more painful).
The "$800 car" bit made me smile too.
PS. Now, when I live in a nice EU town, own a somewhat successful software company, and my #1 mission is so my kids never, NEVER EVER, _EVEN IN THEIR DREAMS_ have a tiny glimpse of that life.
Я с тобой согласен, товарищ! That's the mission indeed.
I fucking started a school in Hungary to give a better education to my (well, my brother's, details) little ones. Hungarian education didn't change enough from thirty years ago.
I grew up in the USSR. And then early Russia (the country was recovering from the USSR wreckage, even more painful).
The "$800 car" bit made me smile too.
PS. Now, when I live in a nice EU town, own a somewhat successful software company, and my #1 mission is so my kids never, NEVER EVER, _EVEN IN THEIR DREAMS_ have a tiny glimpse of that life.