Civil society becomes an empty floor on which is conducted the development of the interests of different social groups and the revision of their self-concepts and understandings. Its survival depends on the formation of a new understanding of peace, renouncing violence, adopting solidarity, patience, pluralism, cultural difference and dialogue as common values to be implemented in conjunction with concrete socio-cultural and economic conditions. Most important for us right now is the transformation from a culture of war to a culture of non-violence and peace. For transforming post-Soviet societies this is a pretty tough task. This is all taking place in the context of newly founded states and independent republics, which themselves face many serious conflicts situations.
Complicated situations are of course characteristic of political systems.
This ideology influenced every societal process, and rights and freedoms existed only within its framework. With its revolutionary character, the ideology created heroic myths about itself in which it attempted to include universal human values. These ideals created an impatience which developed into an intolerance of any contradiction to party morals. But the questions is, what to keep and what to throw out. As a consequence of this, the idea of the superiority of the values of western civilizations was ingrained into society.