"The XXth century alternatives obviously did not work."

Strange to see this repeated on and on in the West, given that by opinion polls in my experience the majority of people who actually lived in the USSR think it worked quite well.

It's baffling for us, who and why took us back to capitalism. What for?! Up to 6.5 million Ukrainians are working abroad, life expectancy dropped by 4 years for men, population decreased by 10% ...