why do people always point out that the soviets are evil?

Answer 1

They are as "evil" as US politicians. There is very little difference in the mindset of the former USSR leadership and neo-cons in power here at home. Neither seek to serve the people. Instead, they see the people as a means to their own, self serving ends.

Answer 2

It used to be the case that people would use communism as a staging point for gathering people under one cause, which was usually insurrection for the purpose of revolution.

I believe that some of the lead political thinkers were worried at the time about the rising powers of the old world, and as such a quasi-propoganda campaign was started.

This quasi-propoganda campaign had many mediums, such as what one would read in the newspaper or see on the T.V, but also what one would hear in church or school - as such the people who heard the message of those spreading the propoganda would in turn propogate that propoganda in their own homes, turning communism (and therefore the soviets, who helped communism gain a foothold in the world) into the object of alienation in the eyes of the wider community.

Many of the people who listened never stopped and wondered whether or not those giving the information were correct, and as such they continue to believe in that propoganda to this day.

There is also the problem of communism as of itself - unlike Democracy where the problems and mistakes of the political establishment can be laid at the feet of specific people in the leading party, in communism the problems and mistakes of the political establishment are laid directly at the feet of the person in charge, simply because the people don't know who else to blame.

So people often think of communist countries becoming dictatorships when in reality they only seem like dictatorships, because all fault that can be found within the political establishment is attributed to the leader.

Justice does not find it's way to the true cause of the problem, in otherwords.

Of course, there have been times when communism was used for insurrectionary purposes for the explicit reason of turning oneself into a dictator (like in N. Korea, perhaps), and these examples are what the un-educated (but self-righteous) think of when they hear the word 'Communism'.

EDIT: Here's some examples of the propoganda that was shared with the families of those days -

"Russia wants to rule the world.".

"Russia will nuke us if we refuse.".

"Russian Spies are behind most of the world's conflicts.".

"Russians are responsible for rising house prices.".

And etc, etc, etc.

The problem is that it's inter-generational, kids would ask their fathers why the russians were so bad, and they'd have the same propoganda fed into their willing mouths, simply because children like to learn about the way the world works.

Sometimes i wonder whether this is what those PR thinkers back then had intended...

Apologies for the long-*** answer.

Answer 3

I am sure the soviets didn't think they were evil , course Hitler probably thought he was a great guy and everyone else sucked... I have only read a little about the soviet union, Stalin etc...and Stalin was not a nice guy compared to Hitler he was the big brother of evil dudes....I prefer to live in a free society where I can make my own choices , not have everything decided for me , If you are into the socialist thing, check out mass or Cali they are on their way. Peace

Answer 4

They had and have many supporter in the west Have you not read some of these post.It is my opinion that is why there is so much anti-Americanism over there,and they still bad mouth Mr Reagan even tho they well tell you,he/we had nothing too with bringing down the 'evil soviets'

Answer 5

Well, the form of government in the former USSR and some of the people who administered it, were evil.
Are you aware that the Soviet Union no longer exists?

Answer 6

Because they don't know any personally. I have several caregivers I work with (for 4 years) from Russia, Romania and Bulgaria and they are lovely, giving and hard working people. They have the same hopes, dreams and problems we all have with the added stress of being less articulate in our language so are automatically thought less of. It is very frustrating to me. Oh, and yes, they all came here legally and made the effort to learn English so they would be welcomed in their new home.

To Wolfgang: How many innocent people has your country killed? I am a US citizen and we dropped atom bombs that killed many innocent people in Japan, our soldiers have massacred villages in Korea and our lack of health care and affordabe housing has killed many more right here at home.

Answer 7

the soviet government was evil not the regular Russia citizen

Answer 8

For years they were a communist country. And, their ruler was very evil and threatened to end the world in a nuclear war.

Answer 9

Most of it dates back to Joe Stalin and the KBG

During his rein of terror no one was safe - not even his relatives.

The KGB had super power and were above the law.

The ordinary Russian People are like any other race of people in the world - The GOOD, the Bad and the UGLY.

Answer 10

Because they are from and about a non democratic country and we seem to be taught any other countries that conduct their governments in ways other than ours are bad. I don't know if soviets, as a poeple, are bad, but I guess their "communist" ways were.