Yeah, my big hope is that now that Russia is firmly in Chinese orbit there will be a lot of impetus to create a similar system. As you point out, people still remember USSR. Lots of people in Russia have direct memories, and majority of people who got to live in USSR remember it in a positive light. There isn’t the same stigma against communism that there is in the west. Seeing China going from strength to strength makes a lot of people realize that this could’ve been Russia if they didn’t let USSR collapse.
Yeah, my big hope is that now that Russia is firmly in Chinese orbit there will be a lot of impetus to create a similar system. As you point out, people still remember USSR. Lots of people in Russia have direct memories, and majority of people who got to live in USSR remember it in a positive light. There isn’t the same stigma against communism that there is in the west. Seeing China going from strength to strength makes a lot of people realize that this could’ve been Russia if they didn’t let USSR collapse.