My Family Life in the USSR and America

medium.com ^ | October 22, 2020 | Vera Ivanchuk

[Robert DeLong]

They will learn the hard way Vera, if they get their way. Problem is, there will be no where for us who love this country and the freedom and opportunities that all we have here, to run to. Nor will they, once their pipe dream is shattered by reality.

[alexander_busek]

Anyone else having a problem with the terribly low resolution of the images embedded in this excellent contribution?

Regards,

[Drew68]

Bump for later.

[Think free or die]

I can't see much of the images either. I will read it later, as it looks very interesting and thoughtfully composed.

My own parents fled communism to start over in America. My extended family lived in a satellite nation under grim conditions. If, God forbid, we fall to what the D's have planned for us, I don't expect to see freedom in America again in my lifetime. You can vote yourself into this oppression, but the means to get back out of it are far more difficult. I try to tell people who figure it's just another election and we can change our minds in four years if we don't like it.

[GnuThere]

Yes.
Saving to read later.

[joe fonebone]

My friend Vitaly and his family were on one of the first flights out when the wall came down.... Took all the tests and became a citizen... He is more American than most Americans are.... He loves it here...

[Olog-hai]

Looks like thumbnails were artificially blown up using the “width” subcommand in the “img” tag.

[MonicaG]

Thank you for sharing this!

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Go to the linked article. All the pictures are in high resolution. It's a great read, and a great story. How sad life in the Soviet Union was for ordinary people.
 

[bboise]

Thank you Vera!

[BipolarBob]

Did everybody pass this Rorschach test on the inkblots? Always answer fluffy clouds and bunny rabbits so they won’t lock you up.

[glennaro]

You can also copy the link and insert it into the following to generate a pdf (there's even a way to remove unneccesary "stuff". I use this all the time for articles and it works 90% of the time. Check it out (in a rush; you'll need to copy this link):
https://www.printfriendly.com/

[Bulwyf]

Images were very low resolution for me too. This was a great read though, though I knew these things already in regards to the system there vs the west, I always find it fascinating to hear people’s personal testimony about it.

[vpintheak]

I am currently reading “The Gulag Archipelago”. It is eye opening. We all know the stories and death totals. But the level of depravity and fear is simply astounding. Leftivism/socialism/communism is an evil that should never bee allowed.

[Hojczyk]

A Great article go to the link ...maybe we should just deport antifi and BLM

[tbw2]

I recommend a similar story/book: Pretending to Sleep: A Communism Survivor’s Short Story by Monalisa Foster

[Karliner]

Every single socialist( Communist) environmentalist( communist) settled scientist( communist) tells me there must be a cleansing of the earth. Every single one believes in something besides God. Every single one is pro choice and believes billions should be killed because humans are not good for the planet.

I’m sure there are nice communists. I haven’t met one yet.

[grundle]

I don’t know why the images have a low resolution in my post. They are normal at the actual link.

[cherry]

sometimes I feel sad and embarrassed for our Russian/Ukrainian immigrants...they must be thinking...why?...why did I come here if its going the way of Russia....

in the US today, people do not respect hard work, family values, honesty, loving the Lord, and living morally...

its freebies here and there and you can screw around and get an abortion or push your girlfriend to get an abortion......so many people just refuse to work and on the opposite side, too many work relatively meaningless jobs for the govt and retire in grand style....

private employment..well....you can be the CEO and get paid millions and in the meantime cut the pay and benefits of your workers...

we've sort of become two nations in one.