# Growing Up in the USSR

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/free-thoughts/growing-up-in-the-ussr>

**By** Cathy Young, Trevor Burrus

**Published:** April 8, 2022

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Was the USSR an evil empire? Cathy Young thinks the answer is quite simple—yes.

## SUMMARY:

Growing up during the Soviet Union’s Great Stagnation, Cathy Young saw the failures of the state firsthand. However, it isn’t all in the past. Young joins Trevor to discuss the misrepresentations of the USSR as post-racial and feminist, the rise of soviet nostalgia, and why Vladimir Putin appeals to modern day Russians.

## FURTHER READING:

[_Yes, It Was An 'Evil Empire'_](https://reason.com/2021/11/01/yes-it-was-an-evil-empire/), by Cathy Young