Or what is required for the system to run? There was such a joke in the Soviet era. Even though I didn’t see, those who live at that time say that the joke is somewhat real. Once, the US representatives come to the USSR. During the discussions, the US guests were informed that Saturday will be “subbotnik”. Americans were asking what the subbotnik means. It is said that in the days of subbotnik, people are working for free in social works. The US officials were surprised and do not believe that thousands of people can work without payment. Soviet officials are asked to invite them to the subbotnik. Americans come to the work field on Saturday and observe that hundreds of men and women plant a tree. As they approach the working field further, they see that one of the (wo)man digs the ground and the other fills it. The guests do not understand what is happening, what the people do here. The Soviet representative who accompanies the Americans explains that in fact, there had to be th...
Living is no laughing matter: you must live with great seriousness like a squirrel, for example— I mean without looking for something beyond and above living... [Nazim Hikmat]