[pdq]

I'd suggest watching the 1420 channel, where they interview Russians on the street. Many of the older generation have a nostalgia of life under communism, whereas the younger generation is more skeptical.

Here's one of the interviews:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjI8jwn0Upo

[pessimizer]

> the younger generation is more skeptical

i.e., the first generations never to experience it, and the least knowledgeable.