The Year When Everything Was Good

[@AModernRogue]

As an American, I miss that time in Russia- American relations. I had a lot of online friends from Russia, all good people I would pay Counterstrike and other games with. We had no animosity toward one another, and when traveling if I met a Russian in a third party country we generally got along like old rivals turned friends. Unfortunate that things have taken such a dark turn in both our nations, I hope a new golden age comes again for the sake of the next generations.

[@jedimindtricksa]

As westen European I can claim the same minus maybe the rivalry part

[@mikhailbakunin4776]

USA has no friends only vassals and Russia refused to be that.

[@freedomwhenneeded]

It was attempted, but leaders declined us to invite us to the EU and NATO, there was no issue with us, our society wasnt too conservative, nothing. NATO just needs to have an enemy so they can invite more members and then make them pay 2% of their gdp to nato. Large coroperations always ruin everything, and it gets extremely messy if they are in charge of the military in some regards.

[@AModernRogue]

@@freedomwhenneeded The military industrial complex is a real issue. It's a pity that the militaries of both of our countries are bleeding us dry all for nothing.

[@freedomwhenneeded]

@@AModernRogue russias military isnt privatized, we dont have that problem.

[@1carlosmmc]

I think 2007 is like an universal reference of a good year with the emo subculture in it best moment, in Mexico even there's a vid that appeared on the news of a massive fight of emos against punks in Mexico City streets

[@belstar1128]

Its funny because the emos where all sad and depressed over nothing.

[@freddy4603]

@@belstar1128 considering how many people feel like their life is empty and without meaning, the phrase "depressed over nothing" might be more true than one would think.

[@PrimericanIdol]

That's also the year the narco conflict started.

[@derederekat9051]

yeah, such a peaceful Mexico will never come back, after that it was a fukin bloodbath.

[@Tethloach1]

2006 was also a good year.

[@markusoliverasagtg9704]

I am Turkish and this video hits hard, lot of parallels to be found: the internet culture, political freedom, wages, prosperity etc etc. I hope 2007 will return.

[@jeremynikijuluwstanevil7551]

Me too

[@jmxtvarchive9064]

And both countries reached the semi-finals of Euro 2008 as well. 😳

[@alperene8528]

I was 4 lol

[@kevinbayu7621]

Funnily enough, similar things happen here in Indonesia. People look fondly upon 2006-2010 era. Gas and basic necessity was cheap, work is easy to come by, the government is less intrusive and censorship happy, and the insurgency in Aceh (north Sumatra) just recently wrapped up.

[@Setarko]

I think people in many countries feel the same about those years tbh. It's just that in Russia we turned that feeling into a meme of sorts

[@thegeforce6625]

i think the 2000's where the best years for the majority of humanity in general, and everythings just gone downhill since the end of the 2000's...

[@kentuckyjohnson7394]

@@thegeforce6625 just like my life after 2008

[@briantarigan7685]

Lol, as an Indonesian, i think recent years of rapid development is still the best, so many development and things happened, and many more to come, life are getting far more practical and advance

[@shoeby9273]

Can I ask why you have a Betsy Ross flag as a PFP?

[@weetbix4497]

It's actually seen as a good year here in South Africa too. We were still living in a dream of hope and positivity, it felt like we were still developing and improving, the 'rainbow nation' dream was still alive, etc. Obviously we had major corruption issues that was already ruining our industry and society since the 90s, but it became way more obvious when Zuma became president in 2008.

[@Trynt33]

Ah yes, Zuma's Revenge

[@CaraTheStrange]

Yess, 2008 was the begining of the shitshow that South Africa has become.

[@basilfoxworth7089]

Loadshedding started in 2007. Let that sink in.

[@weetbix4497]

@@basilfoxworth7089 Good point, but I was still a child and didn't understand the significance of it yet. But yeah, like I said, we were pretty much screwed since the infamous arms deal in the 90s, it just started becoming more noticeable in the late 00s. Rip I guess lol

[@stariyczedun]

@@basilfoxworth7089 holly molly, I just google it up. That's some third world country shit. As much as I think Russia is a shithole, there are few things which ever run smoothly and one of those is our electricity grid. The last time I saw a rolling blackout was in 90s. Why can't your gov fix the electricity problem? Can't they just build more producing capacity?

[@STG44musikmeister]

As an American millennial I think 2007 was probably one the best years for a lot of us and not just for Russia. Video may be about Russia but a lot of the same things mentioned hit right home. People weren't killing each over of politics. The economy was good. Most importantly, we had legitimate hope for the future. Today? Forget about it! We took so much for granted and didn't know it.

[@PapaTango1M]

Agreed.

[@MrAsianPie]

Nah, 2000 was the best year for America, we never fully recovered from 9/11

[@planescaped]

I think a major thing was the rise of social media in the late 00's causing the usage of the internet to become ubiquitous, forever changing society to the same level as the invention of the telephone or radio. Before 2008 about half of people still didn't use the internet. Between 08 and 2010 that jumped to 2/3's, and nowadays everyone does. The more internet and reality merged via social media, the lamer both got... I think that is why 07 seems like such a good time. It was the last year before the internet floodgates opened, and real life became 4chan. Shitty people have always existed, but thanks to the internet, people became exposed to the vitriol and chaos of those who, once upon a time, could only inflict themselves on their immediate friends and family. These cretins could now touch millions, and cretinism spread like a zombie virus. The internet brought a lot of good, but people seldom think of everything it cost us... Once upon a time people said the internet was srs bizness facetiously, but it became serious business for real and has now existed as such for an entire generation. Not to say I'm Nostradamus, but I did kinda call the internet opening up being detrimental on society at large back in the day as normies flooded into a world they didn't understand, having never lurked and not knowing the ways of things... Though I never thought it would be this bad, and thought it'd correct itself in time.

[@youtubeoppressivecensorshi8047]

And internet was way better too. It didn’t have so many rules shackling average person from expressing them selves and too many “influencer” that are restricted to censorship. It was before Censorship now things are fucking stupid if you make edgey joke your post gets hiden or Shadow ban . You can thank democrats worried about s owflaksz

[@markcummins4037]

I think in pretty much all Westernised countries, 2007 is looked back on as a “peak”. For my country, Ireland, it certainly was with the “Celtic Tiger” era. 1995-2007 was pretty much the height of prosperity in most of Western nations. After 2008 living standards fell and only really started to recover around 2016. Then of course COVID hit and now we are heading into hyperinflation. There is some case of ‘rose-tinted’ classes but I think for a lot of people, life was genuinely better in most metrics before 2008.

[@bnbcraft6666]

Your guy's birthrate was the highest of any western nation at the time which is a good sign of prosperity

[@spearsgears]

Jaysus yeah, 2007 I was just about to head into 6th year thinking how class everything would be when I finally got outta school in '08... Didn't exactly go how I thought it would.

[@williamthebonquerer9181]

@@bnbcraft6666 Irish people just always have a high birth rate. Especially in North Ireland

[@bnbcraft6666]

@@williamthebonquerer9181 not so much anymore especially since they legalized abortion

[@zackhawn5944]

@@bnbcraft6666 Birthrate is an awful metric to measure prosperity by. Poorer countries tend to have significantly higher birthrates than developed countries..... Of course the reason is because poorer countries have more rural farmers working the land without machinery so they need to have lots of children to work the land, and children tend to die more in poor countries but birthrate alone is not a metric to measure prosperity

[@phantomsoldier497]

2007 is universally a great year. World tensions were at an all time low with China, Russia and the US having a mostly friendly relationship, the economic crisis was about to explode but the economy was at its peak, a lot of great movies, anime and games just released, there was positivity and hope for the future. Internet was free of the modern bullshit and was a modern wild West, the promised land of the youth pilgrims pioneering in a brave new world. It felt like all the problems of the Cold War and the wars and crisis of the 90's were behind. The following years were full of crisis and increased tensions that sucked the fun out of a lot of fun activities.

[@Hilariusgamer]

also internet in 2007 was not censored almost anywhere and there was no hypercorectness. Chinese had Facebook

[@legendwarkingherowarkinglo7156]

What about India? 🇮🇳

[@OkarinHououinKyouma]

Around that time, the idea of "Quadrilateral Dialogue" was dumped by all 4 nations of US, Japan, India and Australia. Relations with China was warm.

[@EuropeanQoheleth]

The internet was worse then with the vicious antitheism everywhere. I can do without running into insulting adjective laden tirades everywhere because of a ''war'' in some other country (America's ''culture war'').

[@BichaelStevens]

2007, the absolute worldwide peak of economy and foreign relations. Then, 2008 came....

[@spaghettiisyummy.3623]

Iraq:

[@mariatereza9721]

Literally everything was good until 2013, i'm starting to believe the world really ended in 2012 and this is just some kind of purgatory

[@sreemukhisharma3685]

Yes! That's how it feels like

[@yerlocalpeanutdealer795]

You probably were a kid throughout the 2000s.

[@ShubhamMishrabro]

For me it was great until 2016. I think us politics of left vs right really ruined lot things as us is leader of entertainment it's politics wars reached whole world. You can still see world politics dominated by left vs right started in America. With feminist and far right group fighting

[@szariq7338]

Damn, I've never really thought of it THAT way.

[@cgt3704]

​@@ShubhamMishrabro me too. I feel like 2016 was like the calm before the crap storm came to ruin our life

[@FOLIPE]

In Brazil there are probably three years considered golden, 1958 (high growth, low inflation, before the military coup, high wages, bossa nova and cinema novo were starting, high hopes for the future, Brasilia was being built, world cup victory), 1970 (high growth, industrilization, growing wages, lots of patriotic propaganda as it was dictatorship, massive construction projecta that were "biggest in the world", and of course, world cup victory), and more recently 2010 (democracy, low unemployment and inflation, our currency was super valued, crisis in developed countries while we became the world's 6th economy, high prestige overseas, we won the rights to host the olympics in 2009 and were to host the world cup too etc).

[@Setarko]

Brazilians and their football obsession lol. World cup victory? Best year ever! (I just want Russia to win it too... just once)

[@FOLIPE]

@@Setarko Yeah, and 1970 was particularly important because it was the first time a country won the Cup three times and we got to keep the Jules Rimet trophy. It was also the first world cup broadcast in collor nationally, there were many patriotic songs about it in yhe context of the dictatorship. It was the peak of the "years of lead" (political repression), versus the 1950s "golden years" but for the average Joe it was a very good time.

[@feroszka]

@@Setarko An argentine here just not wanting to be outdone by our brazilian brothers about been crazy because of football: 80s era was one of full stagnation that started with our country in the mid of the worst dictatorship ever that, trying to remain in power at all costs, brought us to a war against the f--ing UK (usa and nato backed ofc) and that ended with democracy but hyperinflation and economic disaster. but... what would you think all people would remember pretty quickly about all that if you suddenly ask them? of course "we won the world cup in 1986 with Diego Maradona, and defeated the brits"

[@PrimericanIdol]

@@Setarko At least they got to host a world cup in 2018. If they had been scheduled to host it this year, they would have cancelled it and moved it somewhere else.

[@RandomGuy9]

And 2014 was the darkest year.

[@AlyphRat]

Everything about this video is bizarrely relatable to me. I'm from Brazil (one of the BRIC members that Russia is currently in); The 2020s are making me pretty pessimistic, life nowadays nothing like it used to be decades ago. I can even see some parallels between post-Soviet Russia and post-Military Dictatorship Brazil. Both of us have left a one party state rule and then opened up to the outside world, life improved, culture changed, people bought more, people consumed more, people travelled more, not only inside the country but abroad. We were in the right direction, but that dream was short lived. Sadly. I do want to go back to those days, not in the literal sense, but in the sense of society and country itself.

[@simonbone]

You could start by leaving the BRICS, a group dominated by totalitarian China that provides a fig leaf to Russia. Its three democratic members deserve better.

[@Joso997]

2007 was the best year for everyone.

[@mandimees]

no it was the worst year of my life i really wanted to kill myself

[@yerlocalpeanutdealer795]

Not really.

[@spaghettiisyummy.3623]

I was a 1 year old back then...

[@Comradpetito]

?? Just nostalgic of your childhood bro

[@RDSyafriyar]

"Let the people decide whom to vote for, who has more authority. And only people, only our citizens, are able to place the final emphasis, voting for this or that person or political force, or rejecting it. That's democracy." - Dmitry Medvedev

[@trendhouse6799]

Well, Putin destroyed Russia's democracy and turned into a fascist shithole.

[@JustRandomSymbols]

How ironic

[@ivydark9741]

And so they did. And chose Putin. And will choose him again in 2024. It is their choice.

[@HauntedXXXPancake]

@@ivydark9741 You seem to be blissfully unaware, that the only People who are allowed to "run" against Putin in the election, are those who are no threat to him and that's how it's been for at least a decade.

[@switzerland]

Meanwhile in Switzerland, it's always 2007. I don't remember a bad year in my life.

[@emrecanarduc4378]

it must be nice to live in rather isolated place like that not effected by stupid autocrats dreaming "big" and making your life hell because of their ego and narcissism

[@retrogamer7571]

Time to move there

[@oqocraft2661]

going

[@gilgameschvonuruk4982]

Switzerland has the best political system in the world, I wish my country had the same system. Switzerland has the "Zauberformel" which makes politics less divisive than in other countries, and citizen initiated referenda prevent the political elites from overstepping their power.

[@LancesArmorStriking]

@@gilgameschvonuruk4982 Problem is, that is unlikely to work at scale. Especially if your population is unevenly distributed, national issues may get dominated by a few large cities

[@RichterBelmont2235]

00' era in Thailand was like this too. We've finally have a capable leader with business mindset. Great economic policies, enough to lift the country out of IMF debt. Druglords were actively hunted down and the streets were safe and clean. Massive reform on government officials, no laziness and incompetency. Corruptions were kept at the minimum. Generally everything is not just great, it's the best time in the history of Thailand. All of that disappeared when a group of men with guns decided that they could do better and launched a coup. It didn't helped that the Royalists are also in on it and Thailand still haven't recovered to this day.

[@sebastianhama5624]

2007 was the best year of my life and I was literally 8 years old

[@surroundgatari]

I went to Petersburg with my family in the autumn of 07! Not the only time I've traveled to Russia, but that trip gave me the most memories, and while watching this video I find myself realising that those memories are what keep my hopes up for the future of Russia. Growing up during this period really cemented the country as simply another likeable neighbour here in northern Europe, a place I wanted to visit again; I have family in UA and back then it was even like all the bad blood and dark history was nearly forgiven and forgotten! Even if that dark history has come back to life, one day I believe all of the east-slavic countries will be able to truly prosper, and the world will be better for it

[@ozzell]

Haha so did I, same year, same city! Also the only time I visited Russia.

[@PAINNN666]

There is no hope. Even if we have post war Germany treatment in future we still say heil Putin and this was specoperation and we didn't nohing wrong.

[@newstartyt3700]

Good times in Romanian history (in my opinion): 1920s - The Great Union between all Romanian regions (Wallachia, Moldavia, Bucovina and Transylvania) had just been achieved, There was no Great Depression yet so the economy was booming. While yes, inequality may had been rampant, however, there is no denial that this was a good time, compared to the 1930s and 1940s. This was also after the end of the First World War and Romania had been on the winning side. Politically Romania was also more stable too without extremists from the right and dictatorial laws from the King. 1960s - This was during the Romanian communist period, after the death of Gheorghiu Dej and the rise of Nicolae Ceausescu (this period lasts from 1965-1971). Romania at the time was already beginning to go on a path away from the Soviet Union which first began with the "1958 Declaration of Independence", with the withdrawal of the Red Army. When Ceausescu first took power people thought that this period of reforms would continue under Ceausescu and it seemed like it, Romanian economy was growing and all. However, this ended in the early 1970s with Ceausescu's visit to North Korea and the July Theses. 2000s - In my opinion, this is the last Golden Age in Romanian history, during this time period, Romania was beginning to recover from the massive crisis in the 1990s after the fall of Communism, Romania first joined NATO (2004) in this decade, also the European Union (2007), which further opened up the Romanian economy and allowed for more economic growth. This all came down in the Great Recession though and was worsened by austerity.

[@basilmemories]

god I miss this time. As a person who's queer on just about every level, it was always difficult to unpack Russia to other americans (thanks to the limited and contradictory information we'd have available in english), but especially to other queer people because they were reasonably wary about Russia and how it treated us. I'd have to explain up and down that "yes, it's not a magical land of rainbows, but they're making so damn much progress, just like america is making progress... and progress can be messy and sometimes deserves your good faith to see it succeed". And then... one thing, then another, then another, both here and abroad. I hate what it is now, I hate that all these factors led to a bone-deep clusterfuck of a situation. I hate that I'm wistfully hoping that if I ever visit I'll only be hated for being queer instead of queer, american, and someone who cares about Ukraine. Please god bring 2007 back, we didn't have fantastic smartphones but we had surprise bear memes and hope.

[@shoeby9273]

You are not alone, brother. Growing up during the Bush era wars did not make me feel like a proud American either. It is hard to justify pride in both our nationalities, but I personally wouldn't rather be born anywhere else in the world.

[@Wassuuppbitches]

Hey yiu don't have to celebrate pride I mean what’s the difference between not celebrating it?

[@basilmemories]

@@Wassuuppbitches it's more than celebrating pride. It's being able to hold hands with someone I love, like hetero couples do, mention my orientation without getting arrested or accused of being a ped0bear, that sort of thing.

[@PrisonBrain]

same for myself really. i live in the east USA and 2007 is a time i really miss, it was far enough away from stuff like 9/11 but before things like the stock market failure in 2008, pop culture was booming and spirits were up.

[@hawkeyenextgen7117]

2007 was the year Halo 3 and Transformers came out. Good times indeed.

[@euroschmau]

It wasn't just Russia, 2007 was the apex of human civilization.

[@joshg8053]

So it's not a niche thing to think that? I thought I'm one of the few to think that way.

[@PrimericanIdol]

I disagree. The apex of civilization in general is still ahead. The apex of AMERICAN civilization was 09/10/2001.

[@brownerjerry174]

I think practically every developed/somewhat developed country can point to pre-2008 years, and say those were the good times. Everyone assumed at the time that growth would continue and that future would be a lot more prosperous and happy, people were genuinely optimistic, in that dream many of us forgot to enjoy what we had.

[@ManualClips]

I remember talking to friends about this back then when Putins first 2 terms were over and Medvedev took over. How, for the first time in our lifetime it seemed like relations to Russia (for Germany) could be normal for a long time to come and that so much in this world was finally moving into the right direction now. I then got a bit skeptical with the conflict in Georgia in 2008. It didn't seem like a big deal to politicians here though, so I didn't lose hope. That only changed in 2014 with the Crimea annexation.

[@PrimericanIdol]

And by 2025, the rebirth of the Russian Empire will permanently seal any possibility of this globalization.

[@semerkin777]

But Georgia was an agressor in the Russia-Georgian conflict. They've opened fire on South Ossetia.

[@ivydark9741]

You really can't make one plus one, can you? In 2008 NATO declared that Georgia and Ukraine shall join and Russia drew a red line and said NYET. They told Putin to f... off. Now we have what we have. A full on proxy conflict with NATO and European economy falling apart. Happy?

[@semerkin777]

@@ivydark9741 Da.

[@semerkin777]

@@ivydark9741 cause Ukraine should be a neutral country if we're talking about it. Budapest memorandum, you know?

[@-Seppuku-]

„In 2007 Russian Internet was not yet infected with the disease of Influencers“. Honestly, I love you even more now 👍🏻

[@ernestasluza1787]

Great content dude, yeah I remember 2007. It was pretty golden for Lithuania too. Also, we thought for the first time there was a chance that Russia would become a friendly neighbor to the Baltic states. Sadly everything changed...

[@freedomwhenneeded]

we always have been friendly. Its a shame the expansion of NATO , and the denial of Russia to NATO happend. NATO needs an enemy to invite new members and sadly Russia has to face all of the consequences because of greed. We Russians want to go back to the golden age too, but we are not so blind to know who was at fault, and it is always the civilians who have to put up with bad governments, and "weapons of mass destruction" 20000 miles across the world.

[@freedomwhenneeded]

@@Alexander-jr8nw this isn't fairy tales from politicians, I learn politics from independent sources, I watch what happens in the world. No one can take someone living in their suburban home calling vladimir putin a monster when they caused a massive conflict in ukraine for 8 years, and made one of our closest brotherly nations so distant. We didnt make you our enemies, you did. We have been fair in negioations, Putin and Medvedev tested the waters with the West, and was willing to coroperate, join alliances, join nato and the eu. But this isnt the intrest of the elites and coroperations in the United States. We do not threaten others who don't threaten us, we are firm believers of self defense. When you call my homeland a place of opression, misery and death, I dont see that at all. When I look outside I see the most beautiful nature in the world, people feeling happy, having fun with friends screaming like idiots, and the most best people in the world. You do not know anything about my country and the fact that you think you do is funny. What well paid job? When both of your parents are working, trying to afford one small apartment, just to come back. Hopefully rincing and repeating until they reach the extremely high pension age of 70 or when they are able to retire and continue their miserable consumerist lifestyle. I dont know how you call the place with such high obesity rates and the place of degeneracy your home, I can speak from experience because I have lived in London before. You ask why are Russians so pro putin and anti west and then you start calling us n4z1s. When every one of each family can track atleast one person who fought in the great patriotic war. You say this to a country that contains muslims, buddhists, orthodox christians , yakutsk people. I didnt know that Germany allowed such people to exist? There is a reason why we are called the Russian FEDERATION of AUTONOMOUS republics. Now I want you to name some similiarities between Germany and Russia. Many countries have went through ecenomic crisis, and recovered after losing lots of territory. This was seen in France where after the Napoleanic wars, people didnt like stagnation, and France been so weak so they elected in Napolean III, who fixed up France. So, did Napolean III give you ChiLls because how similiar he was to 30s Germany? Russia isnt a dictatorship because I can talk to you right now and I can tell you that I dont think Putin is the best president we have. Could I do that in 30s Germany? So where is the ChilLs here my friend?

[@handsdown3521]

Relationship between Russia and the Baltics wasn't much friendly even back then too.

[@noaoah3662]

@@freedomwhenneeded ridiculous. NATO does not expand, countries ask to join it. Russia has been aggressive since the 90s, and has threatened its neighbors and other states since before 2007. When Russia threatens its neighbors, it shouldn’t be a wonder that countries wish to join defensive organizations that oppose Russia. Just like how Sweden and Norway have joined NATO in response to Russia’s war in Ukraine. Don’t blame anyone else for your problems.

[@freedomwhenneeded]

@@noaoah3662 countries ask to join it? Hahaha yeah you think the elections are so democratic, when an oligarch has been president of esotnia, and the post soviet world wasnt very corrupt at all, definitley no bribes given by the USA, or any of that. Its not like the USA funded every known group against the USSR, and so they wouldnt have a soft spot for their "liberators". Plus may I add, countries have joined nato despite their people not approving it, and the person in charge not been popular with the people. Countries in the 2000s and 90s had no reason to join nato when putin was very pro western and yeltsin was busy destroying the ecenomy, the post soviet world was a bunch of bribes and corruption, invasions, blood shed done by the USA. Putin may I add dont mind sweden and finland joining nato as they have always been pro western and are destined to side with nato, and it is hard to push in an arctic front, plus finland and Sweden are not Russias sphere of influence at all, they have been very independent from us ever since the end of the russian civil war. You say Russia has been aggressive but provide no proof, we had an amazing relationship with the west, asked to join nato and eu and were declined. The West reminded us that we were their enemy, we didnt declare them our enemy, they couped out the ukrainian democratic government in 2014, and that was the final straw, Putin at this point realised there is no point negioating with a USA that starts civil wars all over the middle east, and starts its own wars, in the dead center of europe, enough was enough and we took crimea. We tried to reconcile again, negioated on minsk agreement for 8 years, still got no where, ukraine was unwilling to let donetsk peoples republic be free and luhangsk peoples republic be free. And also if you support democracy then why are these areas that dont want to be part of Ukraine not given independence? Why has zelensky banned opposition parties, you arent for democracy you are for a flawed democracy. Russia in return has had to strengthen its grip on the media, to stop western influence coming in and causing what we saw in syria , egypt and all over the middle east in the arab springs. We are simply defending ourself

[@Solon_2]

2007 was also the peak of Spain since the XV century. We were heading to become one of the richest countries in Europe. Our intention was to surpass Germany's GDP per capita. We were trying to get into the G7. Everyone had a job, we weren't endebted, even people with no studies had very high wages, we had just adopted the Euro, we had lots of inmigration from Northern Europe and laboral conditions were incredibly good. It was everything false from the beggining though. It was all cimented in an artifitcial growth of the real state market

[@autodidacttralph4928]

I guess the 2000s were a good time for nearly every nation on earth.

[@meatiest1989]

Sadly not my country Afghanistan

[@mou6854]

@@meatiest1989 don’t think afghanistan has had a good year in 40 years

[@meatiest1989]

@@mou6854 depends if you lived in the capital city or the provincial capitals. My relatives said Afghanistan was personally decent for them, as they lived in the capital and provincial capitals, until the government collapsed in 1992 and a civil war instantly ensued

[@yerlocalpeanutdealer795]

Iraq? US?

[@muhammadaliffbinmuhammadla7846]

Same here in Malaysia. Before the Great Recession of 2008, everything was chill and everyone seems to be 'normal' enough. After the crash and introduction of mass social media in my country (and I bet our neighbours as well), things were never the same. Soo many tensions, petty dispute, racial discourtesy, and meltdown here and there. Economical downturn since 2014 also still being felt to this day. Get well soon, but before hoping for the good, prepare for the bad.

[@MrGreghome]

Rindu Zaman Mahathir bersara

[@edwardmerriam6970]

I feel the last time America was ‘good’ was 2012. Yeah, some fucked up things like Sandy Hook happened, but looking back everyone was a lot more optimistic and the idea of the American Dream was still alive. Pop music was really upbeat during this time too. The hardcore division that exists in the USA now really wasn’t that big back then. Things were still relatively affordable. Every year since then has been a slow burning fire…

[@frenkli9815]

I agree I remember 2012 as being pretty normal times. The election between Mitt Romney and Obama was pretty tame. There was no cancel culture, political correctness was starting then but not as bad as now. Not as many mass shootings then, extremism both left and right wing wasn’t much a thing then. Economy wasn’t the best but not so horrible as now. There were good songs then but generally 2012 music is not really my style but I agree the music was very upbeat with EDM and people were generally happier at that time than now. It’s crazy how things changed so fast I think the main changes that contributed to the craziness of today were social media and rise of populism in politics. Social media in 2012 was pretty big but not as dominant as now, smartphones were just starting to become popular then but people weren’t as addicted to internet back then compared to now. In 2015 when Trump decided to run for the 2016 elections that’s when populism started to rise, not to mention that the Syrian refugee crisis started then too and that’s when xenophobia started to take off too. In 2012 Russia and China were pretty tame and had much better relations with the West than now, now both countries are in a Cold War with the US.

[@PrimericanIdol]

No. America's absolute peak, besides the immediate post-war era and the 50s (having no competition helped), was the 90s. From the Gulf War, up until 9/11. That day was the turning point that started the American decline.

[@mou6854]

@@frenkli9815 harambe’s death change the timeline 😭

[@jmxtvarchive9064]

I maintain 2015 was THE year everything in the Western World started turning into the divided sh1tshow of today. All things PC woke SJW cancel culture and culture wars started to become a thing that year be it in North America, UK, Europe, Asutralasia etc. Even in the early 2010s regardless of recovering from a great recession most of us were blissfully naive about China and Russia and thought we could all get along fine with them. And as for the 2008 recession, the early 2010s felt like a recovery so some blue pilled optimism.

[@Darkfawfulx]

No 2012 still didn't recover from the recession.

[@fgjjdgb3949]

2007 в России это целый мем и отдельное явление. Его понмят многие. В это год было страшно и на улицах царили Blazer и расцвела субкультура эмо. При всём при этом это была наша юность, мультфильмы, игры и многое другое. Никто не хочет туда вернуться, но одновременно хотят все. Парадоксально.

[@doomerbob5731]

Бля всё бы отдал, чтобы вернуться в то время

[@nefariousmage]

Было шикарно в 2007! Это щяс противно смотреть на скучные улицы, на дурацкие хайпы, айфоши и отстойную музыку вроде Оксюмиронов. СЛАВА ЭМО - героям 2007!!!! СЛАВА ЭМО - героям 2007!!!! С годами мое уважение к ЭМО 2007 выросло , и будь прокляты 2010-2025 годы!

[@VG2M76]

After 2012 the world changed and involved into something ugly.

[@yerlocalpeanutdealer795]

Not really. The 2000s weren't amazing.

[@VG2M76]

@@yerlocalpeanutdealer795 Well I know for a fact that whatever came after 2000s is crap compared to back then.

[@bronzedisease]

I used to see a lot of Russian tourists from the far East in our coastal city in china. They came mostly for shopping and beach (stuff is cheaper ). As the city is not actually all that close to the border the people travelling had some money I think . And then you only see a few after 2008 and barely any after its war with Ukraine. A lot of people's income were halved over the decade

[@iippo06]

I can't believe you would say that Finland peaked in the late 90s just because our government is currently talking about rationing water & electricity this coming winter.

[@Megadriver]

Bulgarian millennial here... I agree - 2007 was a fantastic year. Not only because I was still in high school and living a carefree life. I saw it all around. Bulgaria joined the EU, businesses invested in Bulgaria, the communists were gone, the mafia 90s ended, the economy got turbocharged. Everything was cheap... a big sandwich (think something like Mcdonalds Signature premium burgers) would set you back about 1 Euro. A pizza at a good restaurant cost 2-3 Euro. Now it's 12 Euro. My parents took me to island vacations and abroad... I got to see many European countries. Internet was very fast and I could make friends from all over the world to play WoW, CS and others, but most importantly - there was peace. War was something you read about in history books, or watched in movies, or heard about on the news occasionally - the US fighting a war in the middle east... far away from Europe. Far away to care really... tragic, people did and continue to suffer, but it didn't affect Europe back then. Russia... nobody considered Russia a threat back then. The soviet union was gone, democracy was in. Russia was a potential ally. A lot of people were optimistic. Me and my parents included and we all hate communism. And then slowly everything went to shit... Let's hope that there is indeed sunshine after every storm and we do see good times again.

[@bestrafung2754]

I'm from the UK but 2007 was a great year for this country. I think the 200s were pretty good for a lot of the world.

[@yerlocalpeanutdealer795]

Except Iraq and Afghanistan

[@YaroslaffFedin]

Have good memories of 2007-2008 hanging out with Emos and going to drum and bass parties weekly. I lived in a town full of universities. Early 2ch too

[@DOBEDOG]

well it was in 2007 i woke up and i was like "wtf there am i" i was just about to turn 4 then on my 4th birthday my grandma started saying to me "goodbye 3 years, now ur 4 years" and i was like "HUH?" i did not even know my birthday lmao

[@OlgasBritishFells]

My older daughter was born and grew up in England but she was also into emo culture and MCR in her teenage years. I even had to go watch MCR with her. (They were actually ok).

[@einmuzi]

Really sad to see what potential your country had and to imagine what could have been. But now it is probably too late for Russia to bring those days back...

[@fgjjdgb3949]

The process began much earlier in the nineties, and after it took root and became a traditional way of life. Yachts and palaces in exchange for infrastructure and domestic potential.

[@ernestkhalimov1007]

Wdym Russia is making massive gains as it cucks the west. Our Ruble is stronger than ever and our BRICS trading block is growing as American power wanes. Even my purchasing power went up for the first time in ages. The end of the American NWO and its weaponization of the dollar is over. The west will learn to suffer like we had to in due time.

[@marmarakazm7907]

As a Turk, I must say that we have the same phenomenon. Especially among young people, there are many people who want to return to the period between 2002-2012. The problem is that our understanding of the "golden period" is a little different. The only good thing between 2002 and 2012 was the economy and our possibility of being a member of the EU. Other than that, unfortunately, Turkey has always been a terrible country.

[@789know]

I think overall in many part of the world now had similar feeling regarding similar period of "golden period" of early 2000s to early 2010s. It seems the system all over the world, especially after age of internet, Economics crisis, rising real estate price in city etc compare to earlier make people live miserable now compare to earlier period where people can enjoy the period of growth and new idea without the negatives of internet cultures, and post Economics crisis bring to the world. Also doesn't help with many countries try to perform some kind of digital totalitarianism/restriction for the sake of 'security'. And now the issues cause the world politics, both domestic and foreign, to become more disruptive, radical and hostile. And now Covid becomes the last nails.

[@Nero_Jero]

"Emo" wasn't a thing in the US (or anywhere) until the early-mid 2000s. It was born out of the pre-existing Goth culture that had originated in late 70s, but other than wearing black the two subcultures have very little in common.

[@Rakaizulu]

2006/7 was the best time definitely. The hope of one global society where everybody is friends because everybody trades with each other. The hope of the internet connecting people and making them friends across the globe. The free internet died when megaupload was shut down and the economic crisis killed our foreign relations across the globe.

[@andarara-c1p]

Honestly, I don´t know which country doesn´t remember the good 2000s pre-2008 crisis with fond nostalgia.

[@Zones33]

Iraq, Afghanistan, yemen, sudan, Central African Republic, Iran, Kurdistan, Chad, Sri Lanka, Somalia, the entire Saharan region during the jihadist uprising….

[@andarara-c1p]

@@Zones33 those countries still succ today and before so moot point

[@UkraineJames2000]

Setarko is a fellow 2007 enjoying Boomer like me. Except I remember the good times in Canada/USA.

[@اسكندرفكار]

Great work setarko agian you made amezed....keep up the good affert and im shore that your Channel Will explode in no time.... gretings from Algeria комрад🇩🇿

[@MuharremHYlmaz]

From 2002 until 2013 Turkey was just like that. The year 2007 was spectacular for everybody in Turkey. 1$ was nearly 1.2₺, you can buy anything you want, occupations were satisfactory, political paradise (Turkey was at the threshold of EU), education was good, no stress, nothing to worry etc. etc. Wish we could to back time To the good old days

[@guan8926]

2000s were a magical time for many I’d say. It was just so different back then.

[@matthewneddeau7993]

As I guy who grew up in 90’s this makes me feel so old

[@tamagries2951]

I mean except for 2001-2004 when the... tower incident happened...

[@Daniel-rh7kh]

Here in Brazil, until 2010 most things were going really well (for brazilian standards), the economy was steadily growing, our currency was pretty reliable, basic needs were well attended. Then everything came crashing down due to well hidden issues and policies that even though fostered our country's growth, it has its consequences years later. 2020s will be a harsh decade for most of the world

[@PrimericanIdol]

The 2020s will be great for the non western world and anyone who did not demonize Russia.

[@My_Old_YT_Account]

@@PrimericanIdol nah it'll be especially shit for Russia and potentially China too if they invade Taiwan

[@PrimericanIdol]

@@My_Old_YT_Account And it'll be worse for the US. It may not even exist.

[@My_Old_YT_Account]

@@PrimericanIdol The US will definitely continue to exist, Russia might not however

[@PrimericanIdol]

@@My_Old_YT_Account keep up with your delusional thoughts. What makes you think the US is this everlasting god-like kingdom?

[@TheogRahoomie]

I’m nostalgic for 2007 too and I’m Canadian. Good times.

[@greble11]

Thank you for another interesting analysis! Imagine if Putin had stepped down at the end of 2007 and been succeeded by more liberal leaders. He probably would be remembered fondly not only in Russia but the world over. Ukraine would probably be pro-Russian. Finland and Sweden wouldn’t have felt compelled to join NATO. Europeans wouldn’t be worried about heat this winter, etc. Call me naïve, but I can’t help but think that if all that hopefulness, optimism and peace and freedom was possible in 2007, it is possible in the future, too. Hopefully, soon!

[@fgjjdgb3949]

It is not harmful to dream, but for the realization of a dream, fantasy alone is not enough, you need to work here, since no one on this planet has worked yet, and very powerful forces from all fronts will interfere, which will be very unpleasant to scatter their percentages, they will not want such "stupid" changes.

[@czechpatriot2230]

The coup instigated by EU would have happened anyway even if Putin wasnt president..

[@yosawin3018]

I still think that’s fairly naive, Russia had more or less liberal times from 1990s to 2000s but Russia still isn’t accepted by the west which still continues to push NATO expansion eastern wards, something generally viewed and accepted as status quo even though Russia felt threatened by this. The only way I think everyone could be happy is for the West to accept Russia during that liberal and pro-western time, Russia was still in recovery and would be happy to get accepted as potential conflicts in Europe would be pretty much over, and the focus would shift towards the far east, now with the antagonist of the west being China. Also, I think the finns and swedes were pretty much unofficial part of NATO as they were close even before they officially joined.

[@LancesArmorStriking]

I don't like to be cynical, but it probably wouldn't end that way if he had resigned. The reason things like this happened since 2008 (wars) is because the structural weaknesses in russian governance were not fixed in 1990. A pan-European architecture was not embraced, instead nato was expanded (whether you think it is good or not, it gave russian security services a reason to be aggressive). Russian corruption, under yeltsin, exploded into a level never seen before, and putin only moved some of that money back into state functions. But he did not do any political or economic reforms, Moscow still takes 80% of national revenue, and so on. The deep problems were never dug out from the ground. As for ukraine, russia would likely have lost influence over it either way. It could not compete with the financial benefits that the eu offered, and unless they fixed that corruption nothing could create the economic growth and stability to convince ukraine to be pro-russian. The only way for that to happen would be different outcomes of events, that preceded putin's presidency entirely

[@vix7146]

He literally started the second Chechen war, how could anyone remember him *foundly*? Maybe just those who only listen to common propaganda idk

[@terry6729]

I think I was 8 or 7 in 2007 and I can see it was great! Not just the cultures of the time but the stability. It was super enjoyable to know we weren't on the door steps of possible nuclear conflict.

[@peterszeug308]

Germany again ahead of it's peers, our subculture hayday years were 2004/2005, in 2007 the hip hop culture had already died down, hitting rock bottom in 2009. In 2012, subculture started to boom exponentially again.

[@aleksapetrovic6519]

Where is a bear greeting me at the start of the video?

[@Setarko]

Dmitry MEDVEDev ;)

[@aleksapetrovic6519]

@@Setarko ...can't argue with that logic...

[@MivusComedy]

Amazing video as always! Please keep this content coming as I know that the effort and time you place into each video is really good!

[@fernandostaejak3705]

I remembered Zenit won the Uefa Cup 2007/2008 eliminating both Bayerns along the way and winning the final against Rangers on England if i recall, and later on that amazing squad won the European supercup against Manchester United.

[@marcoaureliofernandezreyes1413]

I have to pause at 14:39 for congratulate you, Setarko, for the well done work made in the captions = very clear and good result.

[@BakerVS]

I feel I saw the very end of that period. Back in August 2008, I went to St. Petersburg to study Russian for one month. I loved it, but it was just a few days before the war in Georgia, and a few weeks before the financial collapse.

[@Shadders2010]

As an American adult at that time, it was NOT good. The Iraq War was raging, the economy was collapsing, we got Terror Alerts on the daily and politicians were suggesting Intelligent Design be taught alongside evolution.

[@nikolasha8554]

that's a great video that i really enjoyed watching. love from france! i'll add that I couldn't imagine this "good era" mentality for people as young as me (20yo) as france's great era ended after the ww1, and the good era ended in the 80's, after what our parents refer to as "the 30 glorious years" era after the 2nd world war. except modernity and progress (which i don't think is a good thing currently), everything has gone down since the 80's

[@emanuellopes6166]

I was too young to understand that, when I was a teenager there was no turning back, I feel lost to this day

[@stevej71393]

I remember reading a book written before 2008 saying that by 2050, Russia would be the richest country in Europe and one of the richest in the world due to its oil revenues. The author made the same mistake that economists and politicians often make in assuming that present trends will continue forever.

[@cool06alt]

I recall 2007 was also that "very brief moment right before 2008 economic crisis" and both pop culture and industry could be said to reach it's peak development potential during this time. Well before everything being rendered into more cost-effective, resulting in streamlining lots of thing and retardation in daring breakthrough. Frutiger Aero aesthetic, PhysX that's not just gimmick for certain GPU company, Flash gaming as alternative for expensive console and pc games, CPU per core frequency seems to peak at 3.0 GHz before getting stalemated in the name for "parallelism". I mean the jump of CPU performance between 2008 to 2015 is not as remakable compared to 1993 to 2000s.

[@My_Old_YT_Account]

Nah it is remarkable but almost all of it is from between 2008 and 2011, it's to a point that you can still play high end AAA games near max settings on an i7 2600K from 2011 or an i7 970 from 2010

[@kmmmsyr9883]

Similar things can be said for Turkey. (not only 2007, but around that time) Before 2000's, Turkey was mostly ruled by its military. There was a military coup every 10 year and even when country wasn't ruled by a general, you could feel the military's pressure on politics. The political power of the military disappeared in those years. Turkey was becoming more liberal and democratic every day. We didn't have doubts about EU membership, we were discussing stuff like if we would adopt Euro after becoming a member. Turkey wasn't only getting lots of foreign investments, but was also developing its own industries. We had good relations with almost all our neighbors, even Syria and Greece, and we were trying to normalize relations with Armenia. Social life was better than ever, since Turkey's anti-religious military regimes ended, conservative people were at ease, but people who weren't conservative were as well. Alcohol was very cheap, high school was very fun, etc. Also the influence of our country was growing. For example since Europeans were disliked in some parts of Africa due to colonialism, some European businessmen were getting Turkish passports to do business there, we were opening Turkish schools in foreign countries and people were proud to wear t-shirts with Turkish flag and say that they were from Turkey, which was a prosperous, democratic nation. As middle-class people, we could afford almost everything. Erdoğan wasn't as authoritarian as he would be. Corruption wasn't as obvious as it is now.

[@PrimericanIdol]

in 2007 KZbin was already around, but it was much better. No ads, no algorithms, no censorship, etc.

[@abhabh6896]

I think Russia will improve. Every country faces hardships at one point or another, but Russia and her people have what it takes. Many people look down at Russia. I think that viewpoint wont last. I hope Russia starts producing more in the future, especially with technology as Russia has all it needs and it can.

[@ЛъвБългарски]

As a Russian, I want to believe in it. But for now, it is far from reality. “A lot of metal is mined in our country, but at the same time we buy nails from Germany,” said the head of the federation council, Matvienko. We could be like the second China in terms of industrial development. But with a corrupt government that is now beginning to restrict the freedom to do business and increase taxes, these dreams are hard to believe.

[@lewgalicyjski2976]

With "Special Military Operation" Russian government have flushed future of new Russian generations into toilet with Russia being bigger version of North Korea.

[@nasion420]

Golden Age for my region was 1920-1939. It was time when Silesia (the region I live in. and yeah , I'm Silesian) had autonomy and some aspiration to become independent. Altough, the war and "Silesian uprisings" kinda ruined the plan for many Silesians wanting independence. Even autonomy was taken after the war. There are many organisations wanting to bring it back , greetings!

[@buddy2668]

Could you tell more about your people and Silesia itself? Im just curious

[@nasion420]

@@buddy2668 Sure! What do you want to know?

[@nasion420]

@Topokrzyż good joke fam

[@nasion420]

@Topokrzyż Made my day ngl

[@nasion420]

@Topokrzyż Damn boy , you made my day. Coal mines is just a stereotype. And when you arrived everything had gone bad. Silesia was ahead of its times before you arrived.

[@Frasesdepositividad]

True i remember i entered the internet for the first time at age 5 in 2007 was a wonderful discover for my toddler self deviantart old youtube ytp sparta remix banana dancing and other old memes oh i miss that era so much

[@bigapple855]

At the same time,the best time for China is 2014, it’s the the first time the gdp per capital reached to 8000usd, the job opportunities are anywhere,the business opportunities are anywhere,you can easily become a rich business man due to the extremely fast economic increase speed,the government tell anyone that we will do political reform and let people handle their country,now everything is recessive and gradually become a more and more extreme,miss that time

[@domiv766]

Idk about what y’all talking about, it’s the year I was born in, and yes 2007 is the best year in my life

[@EannaWithAFada]

Ireland had the same Ireland is famous for what is known as "The Celtic Tiger" from the 95 to 2007 when the Irish economy was growing rapidly and booming maybe that is like our 2007

[@Setarko]

I mean I've looked at Ireland GDP growth and it's damn impressive even now. So maybe your golden era is still going on?

[@mohinish2273]

Greetings mate,the best is yet to come for Russia. Good luck

[@RandomGuy9]

Not in the next 10 years.

[@normanclatcher]

@@RandomGuy9 it's not set in stone. I do have hope still for a swifter turnaround that the worst-case scenarios.

[@LilFish0]

2005-2010 were some good years

[@kelseyvergara4160]

Its always a good day when setarko uploads, cause you learn a lot and have fun at the same time, I and the others patiently wait when you upload, you make our days and relieve our stress, keep it up man, your doing good work.

[@Muonium1]

"gayropeans" 😄 lol as a gaymurrican, well, I can't really argue with it.

[@ree2453]

you should search here on youtube "Гулагу-нет Официальный канал" and see what happens in Russia :)) Now that's real closeted, state enforced homosexuality

[@yackywassi5279]

Yeah 2007 was good year, I was only 4 years old and life back then was simpler.

[@belstar1128]

Yea it was a good year early youtube was great technology really reached modern levels by then and a lot of good movie and video games came out the only bad thing was the music. But unfortunately in my personal life it was the worst time so far i was send to a strict boarding school so i did not get to enjoy that era to the fullest i could not play most of the video games from that time i could only access the internet for very short periods of time combine that with the usual teenage mistakes and it was not great. While right now things are going very well in my personal life i have a very relaxed easy luxurious life but it feels like i am living in a house of cards it seems like everything around me is falling apart and it seems that eventually the problems will hit me too i always dream of a perfect time where its like 2007 but with my current life style.

[@unoriginalukrainian9254]

lmfao 2007 was the golden age, a year later russia attaacks georgia cuz of russian imperialism

[@xsc1000]

In fact first sign that something goes really wrong way was when Putin returned back the USSR anthem for Russia and red flag for army. And it was still the first year when Putin was in office - in 2000.

[@Snezit1]

2007 was probably one of the better years in America too fantastic video games and the housing bubble crash of 2008 was a year away

[@little.zayzay]

My favorite band is from russia geroi group with Michael puntov and vlad krutskikh they come out in 2011.I'm from America 🇺🇲 and I love Russian music.

[@FurryFix231]

2007 is the golden year of the gaming industry. STALKER Portal Crysis Supreme Commander C&C: Tiberium Wars Assassin's Creed CoD4:MW

[@RREvilMonk]

In 2007, I was serving my country as a US Marine. I had done my time in Iraq, twice, and was now spending my last few months of service in the General’s building on base, processing paperwork. My desk-neighbor was also a US Marine, but was born in (then) the USSR! He would routinely call family in Moscow and St. Petersburg from our official phone line. I would laugh at how this would have been a SERIOUS breach of security just a decade and a half earlier. He would speak to them in Russian openly and would put us on speakerphone with his cousins to exchange poorly pronounced insults. I miss those days too…😊

[@caim3465]

Finally a comment section i can tolerate. Thanks

[@moller2159]

As a Russian, who was born in 2007, I can say that I want to back it!

[@TheColombiano89]

The year I graduated high school. What a time

[@loganmacgyver2625]

I have heard a remix of the "No one can go back to 2007" bit

[@tyreseanderson8978]

I don't think it's just Russia because even in North America, when people talk about 2007 especially now in the 2020's everyone tslks about how nice life was back then such as how simple it was compared to now and also things like how the entertainment was better the world was more stable and so on which if you look back at things that were released at that time such as songs like crank that soulja boy in the comment section you can see many people say the same thing and they live in America! So in short it's everyone who is old enough to remember back then that thinks the same way not just Russia.

[@Scorp_2]

Ох, чел, чтёт я аж слезу пустил. Это было уже так давно… А вроде как вчера 😭

[@slayermate07]

As a gamer, that year was the glorious heyday of my hobby with a whole catalogue of masterpieces in the interactive medium.

[@HaloFTW117]

Great video and the whole emo scene sounded very reminiscent of that same time growing up in Latvia, I miss all the bs showing off that was between rappers and metal heads. The video gives similar vibes the KZbinr NFKRZ saying that the Russia he grew up in doesn’t exist anymore. Hopefully the future will be as free and laid back as it was back then.

[@sketchingdown9710]

It would unironically require NATO to be disbanded as any other military union.

[@HaloFTW117]

@@sketchingdown9710 no. Considering how Putin and most of Russia thinks with an imperialistic mindset, nato is more than necessary to keep Russia in check.if they’d reform their army and government they could also be a part of nato and the EU.

[@sketchingdown9710]

@@HaloFTW117 well, that proves everything. You only see a one-sided solution. That's called dominance. And after that you say Russia threatened someone xD

[@HaloFTW117]

@@sketchingdown9710 coming from a post-Soviet country that has suffered centuries of Russian imperialism, I don’t see Russia justified in any way with its aggression to their neighbors. I speak Russian and have consumed enough Russian media to realize that the current regime has zero justification.

[@sketchingdown9710]

@@HaloFTW117 it became what it become because of the american imperialism, every bit of it. If not the US Russia wouldn't have become what it became up to this point.

[@richardxie1669]

I was born in 2007 right before 2008 crisis

[@lawlessbritain6187]

2004 was the best year in Britain, before everything went insane.

[@BleedingSnow]

I was too young to really remember those days, but god was this a fresh of positive air for a change, compared to the time we live in today

[@Ulyssestnt]

I was visiting St.Petersburg in 2009,it did indeed feel like stepping off a time machine into the western 80s. Was even a reservist and went on nato deployment later that year..that would never fly today.

[@marcoaureliofernandezreyes1413]

Good work, Setarko 👍

[@Grigorii-j7z]

It was my first year of university in 2007, so my judgment will be nostalgic, but there was an intangible feeling that you can speak your mind freely, you can work hard and fair to make a better life for yourself, that there's a lot of roads ahead and tomorrow will be better then today. Personally this feelings dissappear in 2011 when politics and people started going backwards faster and faster.

[@fgjjdgb3949]

"Видимо 2007 действительно проклят и у тех кто рос в то время вообще не было никаких шансов, ибо на улицах Блейзеры, а дома эти лица!" - Сыендук.

[@nefariousmage]

2007 - это святой год, будь прокляты все остальные 2008-2025 годы! Слава ЭМО!!