There's this thing that I hear from tankies a lot, especially from the older generation: "Soyuz Standart". This combination of letters and sounds has a magical effect on the mind of a commie and evokes hallucinations of greatness and pride for unsurpassed product quality of anything produced in the USSR.
But in reality: (see screenshot)
I was born in the USSR and grew up in an ex-soviet "republic". Want an honest opinion on communism from someone who's experienced it firsthand? Ask me.