Opera houses and literature departments have dropped works by Tchaikovsky and Dostoevsky. Yuri Gagarin’s name has been erased by a space exploration nonprofit.
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Soviet Nostalgia Now Has Its Own Soundtrack
Western pop culture is full of nostalgia for Cold War aesthetics and lost futures. Young people in ex-Soviet countries have developed their own version, Sovietwave.
The Billionaire Space Race Is the Ultimate Symbol of Capitalist Decadence
Extreme wealth in the capitalist age is by definition engaged in a constant and desperate scramble for new sources of ethical legitimacy