[immad]

Since you made me curious I read the why :)

> The Soviet whalers, Berzin wrote, had been sent forth to kill whales for little reason other than to say they had killed them. They were motivated by an obligation to satisfy obscure line items in the five-year plans that drove the Soviet economy, which had been set with little regard for the Soviet Union’s actual demand for whale products. “Whalers knew that no matter what, the plan must be met!” Berzin wrote. The Sovetskaya Rossiya seemed to contain in microcosm everything Berzin believed to be wrong about the Soviet system: its irrationality, its brutality, its inclination toward crime.

[ChristianBundy]

That's really interesting, I'd love to read more about it.

Are there any articles you could recommend?

[petre]

Here you go. There was one running earlier on HN. It's quite depressing.

https://psmag.com/social-justice/the-senseless-environment-c...

[ChristianBundy]

Wow, thanks for the link! That was a great read.

I just wish there was an online platform where we could comment on articles like this and discuss with each other. Maybe someday!

[samirillian]

That's pretty vague.