anchor.diff:  But I would argue that there was always the opposition to the Communist Party. 
   There were dissidents that provided another view/perspective. 
   That is quite similar to the majority of the Western countries that had two parties for decades now. 
  -Two main parties that always win the election is not really variety. 
  +Two main parties that always win the election is not variety. 
   Such setup doesn't provide plurality and ability to explain and solve problems in such a complex world we live in.
   
   _Belief_. In the Soviet Union, there was a belief in planned, centrally controlled economy. 
  
positive.code: E.x. all the malls looked similar and were selling same goods, restaurants and cafes looked the same and had a similar menu, 
  press kiosks looked the same and were selling the same newspapers and magazines across the country. 
  The same thing is happening right now. 
  You can find starbucks, mccdonalds, h&ms, zaras etc in the majority of the countries on this planet. 
  You fly into some country, arrive at the airport that looks like any other airport and has all the same shops that 
  sell the same brands and labels. 
  Downtowns across different cities look the same with the same cinemas (that have same movies), 
  
negative.code: With all the theoretical variety capitalism provides, 
  the system still produces very similar human beings (it might be two big groups in some rare cases, but that is still not a wide variety).
  
  _No belief in the future_. In the Soviet Union, by the late 1970s, no one believed in the achievement of Communism 
  that was promised in the 1960s. 
  The dream became unreal and people saw that it's not achievable. I think, our modern world stuck with the same problem now. What is our current dream as a society or as a species? Do we have some common goal or story?
  
  