Eliezer, let’s not forget that for the entire duration of the Soviet period all memetic content was tightly controlled by the state. The state-produced soviet content always, always emphasized cooperation over defection, and the ‘raw’ folktales like the one posted by Doug were restricted to the academic domain. If we look at the soviet children cartoons, they always emphasized goodness and friendship. If you look at the movies, they universally condemn traitors.
In a nutshell, my point is that such folktales were completely overridden by the soviet propaganda and simply couldn’t contribute much to the memetic composition of modern Russians.
As for what’s happening to Russia now, and what spawned the parasites that currently invade its vital organs, I’d bet on the Perestroika period and the gangster 90′s.
Eliezer, let’s not forget that for the entire duration of the Soviet period all memetic content was tightly controlled by the state. The state-produced soviet content always, always emphasized cooperation over defection, and the ‘raw’ folktales like the one posted by Doug were restricted to the academic domain. If we look at the soviet children cartoons, they always emphasized goodness and friendship. If you look at the movies, they universally condemn traitors.
In a nutshell, my point is that such folktales were completely overridden by the soviet propaganda and simply couldn’t contribute much to the memetic composition of modern Russians.
As for what’s happening to Russia now, and what spawned the parasites that currently invade its vital organs, I’d bet on the Perestroika period and the gangster 90′s.