Couldn't find any record of this Molotov quote being real. But it is very similar to what Yeltsin said in 1989 after visiting a very normal supermarket in Houston: "During the flight, Yeltsin was in a state of shock regarding the grocery store and remained speechless for a long time. According to Sukhanov, it was during the flight that 'the last vestige of Bolshevism collapsed inside' Yeltsin. Following his silence, Yeltsin asked aloud, 'What have they done to our people?', questioning the Soviet Union's struggles with food. Yeltsin commented that if people in the Soviet Union were aware of the quality of the average American grocery store, 'there would be a revolution', further saying that 'Even the Politburo doesn't have this choice. Not even Mr. Gorbachev.'"
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Sid14.7. klo 03.23
It is charming when you read Bolshevik reactions to American living conditions. Molotov in San Francisco is classic too. "... if we had this, we wouldn't have ever bothered with a revolution!"
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