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Originally Posted by Liviu_5
And what is the great literature that the late unlamented USSR produced?
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I'm afraid I don't know very much about Russian literature, but I rather suspect that it doesn't have too much connection with how authors get paid.
You're absolutely right about the Soviet Union's atrocities towards many "creative" people, of course, but let's not forget what Joe McCarthy was doing in the USA at the same time. The "Cold War" was not one of the proudest moments in the history of either country.