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But, the boots on the neck Commie way didn't really work, right? Eastern Europe and Russia remain far more traditional than Western Europe. The Gramscian long road was more successful than Soviet-style communism. Those under Soviet control gave lip service to the state in public, but maintained a separate private life that preserved their traditions. In the west, the long road nearly completely erased our traditions and we'll never get them back in any semblence of their previous form.

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