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{{cquote|In Asia the Soviet Union has a major power of attraction, backed by a history of development and a body of precedents. ... To all of these peoples ... the Russians and the Soviet Union have a great power of attraction. In their eyes—rather doubtfully in the eyes of the older generation, more and more clearly in the eyes of the younger generation—the Soviet Union stands for strategic security, economic prosperity, technological progress, miraculous medicine, free education, equality of opportunity, and democracy: a powerful combination.}}

{{cquote|In Asia the Soviet Union has a major power of attraction, backed by a history of development and a body of precedents. ... To all of these peoples ... the Russians and the Soviet Union have a great power of attraction. In their eyes—rather doubtfully in the eyes of the older generation, more and more clearly in the eyes of the younger generation—the Soviet Union stands for strategic security, economic prosperity, technological progress, miraculous medicine, free education, equality of opportunity, and democracy: a powerful combination.}}

Lattimore goes on to contrast "the trend toward increased personal liberty and economic prosperity" under Stalin's with the West's "tardiness" in the "evolution of democratic processes." He implies that the Soviet Union is more democratic "in practice" than the U.S.:

Lattimore goes on to contrast "the trend toward increased personal liberty and economic prosperity" under Stalin with the West's "tardiness" in the "evolution of democratic processes." He implies that the Soviet Union is more democratic "in practice" than the U.S.:

{{cquote|The fact that the Soviet Union also stands for democracy is not to be overlooked ... The fact is that for most of the people in the world today what constitutes democracy in theory is more or less irrelevant. What moves people to act, to try to line up with one party or country and not with another, is the difference between what is more democratic and less democratic in practice.}}

{{cquote|The fact that the Soviet Union also stands for democracy is not to be overlooked ... The fact is that for most of the people in the world today what constitutes democracy in theory is more or less irrelevant. What moves people to act, to try to line up with one party or country and not with another, is the difference between what is more democratic and less democratic in practice.}}