>>17094282>the shittiest ideolgy in existance, was desired and adpoted by with happiness from the peopleThis is the easiest way to tell you’re retarded. They killed or scared the generation that was born before 1917 in the 30s and 40s. School education featured a retold history of the empire, and at home, parents were either not around or too reasonable to tell their kids the material in school was not accurate. So you have the 1930-1960 generation who support communism because they don’t know any better. As for alcoholism, the alcohol tax was a cornerstone of both the empire’s and the ussr’s economy. It has much to do with the climate, among other things. All of this history features many modern countries, not just Russia.